Meaning of pepper In English

• 0 a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to food:

  • freshly ground black pepper

  • salt and pepper

• 1 a vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle:

  • a red/green pepper

  • Peppers are usually cooked with other vegetables or eaten raw in salads.

  • Red peppers are ideal for roasting in the oven.

• 2 a black or cream-colored spice, often used in powdered form, that gives a spicy hot taste to food

• 3 a vegetable that is green, red, or yellow, having a rounded shape, that is hollow with seeds in the middle

• 4 to direct something suddenly and repeatedly at someone, as if attacking the person:

  • The mayor was peppered with questions from reporters about the municipal corruption scandal.

  • He peppered his speech with jokes.