noun Download 🔗Share A plant of the family Piperaceae. Examples : "My grandmother grows a variety of pepper plants in her garden. " plant vegetable food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant. Examples : "My grandmother uses a lot of pepper in her cooking. " plant food vegetable essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties. Examples : "My lunchbox contained a juicy, red pepper. " fruit vegetable food plant essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again Examples : "Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games"." sport game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A 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. Examples : "The website used a pepper to protect user passwords. " technology computing internet system technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To add pepper to. Examples : "My dad peppered the stew with a generous amount of black pepper. " food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike with something made up of small particles. Examples : "The child peppered the table with crumbs from his sandwich. " action weapon essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover with lots of (something made up of small things). Examples : "After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes." food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To add (something) at frequent intervals. Examples : "He liked to pepper his conversation with long words." frequency action way essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading