pepper

I UK [ˈpepə(r)] / US [ˈpepər] noun
Word forms "pepper":
singular pepper plural peppers
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1) [uncountable] a black or white powder that adds strong flavour to food. It is made from crushed dried fruits called peppercorns.

2)

a) [countable] a red, green, orange, or yellow vegetable with small white seeds inside. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked.

b) a small pepper with a strong hot flavour

II UK [ˈpepə(r)] / US [ˈpepər] verb [transitive]
Word forms "pepper":
present tense I/you/we/they pepper he/she/it peppers present participle peppering past tense peppered past participle peppered

1) [often passive] to hit something many times and in many different places

Bullets peppered UN planes.

pepper something with something:

They peppered his car with machine-gun fire.

a) to be in many different places all over a surface

pepper something with something:

His chin was peppered with grey stubble.

b) to fill something such as a speech or piece of writing with a lot of examples of something

pepper something with something:

a letter peppered with spelling mistakes

2) to put pepper on food