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# pepper

«pepper» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hot-tasting powder made from dried, crushed…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pepper — uncountable spice; a pepper, peppers — vegetable); verb (pepper, peppers, peppered, peppering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hot-tasting powder made from dried, crushed peppercorns, used to season food (salt and pepper). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m1)

2) A hollow vegetable, red, green, yellow or orange, also called a bell pepper or capsicum (sweet pepper); some small ones are hot (chilli peppers). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m2)

3) To put pepper on food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m3)

4) To cover or fill something with many small things (a speech peppered with jokes; peppered with hail). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and everyday life, pepper is a spice on the table next to salt. Peppers are vegetables (botanically fruits, because they hold seeds). In science experiments, the «pepper and soap» trick shows surface tension: pepper floats, and soap makes it rush to the edges. In safety: pepper spray stings eyes; chilli peppers burn — wash hands before touching your eyes. Phrases: salt and pepper, black pepper, red pepper, pepper pot/shaker, peppered with.

### examples

- Could you pass the salt and pepper, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x1)
- Mum sliced a red pepper for the salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x2)
- Black pepper made me sneeze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x3)
- Wash your hands after cutting chilli peppers before you touch your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x4)
- Sprinkle pepper on water, then touch it with soapy finger — watch it move! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x5)
- Her story was peppered with funny jokes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x6)
- In Australia, a bell pepper is called a capsicum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x7)
- She looked out, and the night was peppered with stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x8)

### note

Two meanings: pepper (spice, uncountable: some pepper) and a pepper (vegetable, countable: two peppers). The vegetable is called «capsicum» in Australia and New Zealand, «bell pepper» in the USA and Canada, «pepper» in the UK and Ireland.

### In the corpora

- [A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/13/)
- [The next witness is the Duchess's cook, carrying her pepper-box, and everyone near the door starts sneezing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/9/)
- [Guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin C, so they need fresh vegetables such as pepper or leafy greens every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/8/)
- [Today a pepper pot sits on every café table.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/0/)
- [Charlie reads that pepper was worth its weight in gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pepper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.