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pepper pot
Word definitions for pepper pot in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And after a long moment he reached across and replaced the pepper pot .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum . Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper 2 A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper. n. 1 A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper 2 A soup made of tripe, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns; often contains dumplings [syn: Philadelphia pepper pot ] a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper [syn: pepper shaker , pepper box ]
Usage examples of pepper pot.
The one that looked like a pepper pot just skidded down it, and fell over at the bottom.
Silas asked the rat, who was staring at the pepper pot and for once seemed lost for words.
If further inspissated by boiling, and sweetened in the sun, it is known as casareep, and is employed as a flavouring, especially in British Guiana, where it appears in almost every dish, and in the West Indies, where it is the foundation of the celebrated pepper pot.
She stood on the turf, just in from the street, across the diamond from where Francis danced and chattered as the third-base pepper pot.
The pepper pot rasped on Bush's palate and inflamed his stomach, making the wine doubly grateful when he drank it.
That evening, as he lay tucked up in bed, his mother came upstairs with a bowl of Philadelphia pepper pot soup and a plate of crackers.