nounπShareA plant of the family Piperaceae."My grandmother grows a variety of pepper plants in her garden. "plantvegetablefoodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant."My grandmother uses a lot of pepper in her cooking. "plantfoodvegetableessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties."My lunchbox contained a juicy, red pepper. "fruitvegetablefoodplantessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again"Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games"."sportgameessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value."The website used a pepper to protect user passwords. "technologycomputinginternetsystemtechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo add pepper to."My dad peppered the stew with a generous amount of black pepper. "foodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo strike with something made up of small particles."The child peppered the table with crumbs from his sandwich. "actionweaponessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cover with lots of (something made up of small things)."After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes."foodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo add (something) at frequent intervals."He liked to pepper his conversation with long words."frequencyactionwayessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
