Pepper
Definition
Example
"She added pepper to the soup for extra taste."
"Black pepper is often used with salt while cooking meals."
"Too much pepper can make food spicy and uncomfortable to eat."
Explanation
Pepper is a food ingredient used to add flavour and mild heat to food. It is usually made from dried peppercorns and is ground into a powder. Pepper can be black, white, or green, depending on how it is prepared. People use pepper while cooking or sprinkle it on food to make it taste stronger or slightly spicy. Pepper is commonly used in soups, vegetables, meat, and many other dishes. It is one of the most commonly used spices in kitchens around the world. As a verb (less common), it can mean to add pepper to food, or more generally, to cover something with many small amounts of something. For example, she peppered the soup with black pepper, or the speech was peppered with jokes.