PEPPER
- A pungent, hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, commonly used as a spice or condiment to flavor food
- A reddish and typically hot-tasting spice prepared from various forms of capsicum
- A capsicum, esp. a sweet pepper
- to season with pepper (a pungent condiment) [v PEPPERED, PEPPERING, PEPPERS]
- A climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns
- Used in names of other plants that are related to this, have hot-tasting leaves, or have fruits used as a pungent spice, e.g., water pepper
- A practice game in which fielders throw at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielders
- to season with a pungent condiment [v -ED, -ING, -S]