Definition of
pepper has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food,botany,military
1
[ verb ] (military) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

Synonyms

pelt

Examples

"pelt the speaker with questions"

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

Along the main thoroughfares hardly_a house had not been peppered .

Related terms

attack throw

2
[ verb ] (food) add pepper to

Examples

"pepper the soup"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Salt and pepper each breast .

Related terms

spice cooking

3
[ noun ] (botany) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in North Burma and Assam

Synonyms

black_pepper white_pepper Madagascar_pepper Piper_nigrum common_pepper

Related terms

true_pepper Piper piperin

4
[ noun ] (food) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

Synonyms

peppercorn

Related terms

flavorer white_pepper black_pepper

5
[ noun ] (botany) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

Synonyms

capsicum_pepper_plant capsicum

Related terms

shrub sweet_pepper bell_pepper cone_pepper cherry_pepper bird_pepper tabasco_pepper cayenne genus_Capsicum capsaicin

6
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2274
7
[ noun ] (chemistry,food) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

Related terms

solanaceous_vegetable sweet_pepper hot_pepper capsicum

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Rhymes with

stepper leper

Phonetic and Homophones

P EH1 P ER0 Peper

Similar Spelling

peppery Peper peeper Peifer Peffer Peiffer popper

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