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# pepperoni

«pepperoni» in Mova's school dictionary: **a spicy dried sausage, usually made of pork and beef…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pepperoni, uncountable; a slice of pepperoni)

### meaning for a pupil

Pepperoni is a spicy dried sausage, usually made of pork and beef, sliced thin and often put on pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: «A pepperoni pizza, please!» In maths: fractions and counting with pizza and pepperoni slices. In food lessons: pepperoni is a processed meat.

### examples

- I'd like a pepperoni pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#x1)
- Count the slices of pepperoni on the pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#x2)
- She picked the pepperoni off her pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#x3)
- Pepperoni is a little bit spicy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#x4)
- We put pepperoni and cheese on our homemade pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#x5)
- There were twelve pepperoni slices, shared equally among four pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepperoni/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable; count it as «slices of pepperoni». Spelling: double p, one r, ends in -i. Note: in Italy, «peperoni» means peppers (vegetables), not sausage. Maths: 12 slices ÷ 4 pieces = 3 slices each.

### Trees and pragmatics

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