peppercorn

«peppercorn» in Mova's school dictionary: a small dried berry of the pepper plant; it is ground up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a peppercorn, peppercorns)

meaning for a pupil

1) A peppercorn is a small dried berry of the pepper plant; it is ground up to make black or white pepper. tree →

2) A «peppercorn rent» is a tiny, almost free payment. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking, peppercorns are put whole into stews or ground in a pepper mill. In science and geography they are a spice that was once very valuable and traded across the world. Phrases: «whole peppercorns», «crushed peppercorns», «a peppercorn rent».

examples

• Dad put a few peppercorns in the soup. tree →
• The pepper mill grinds the peppercorns into black pepper. tree →
• A peppercorn is about as big as a tiny pea. tree →
• Long ago, peppercorns were so valuable that people paid with them. tree →
• Green peppercorns are picked before they are ripe. tree →
• Biting a whole peppercorn makes your mouth hot. tree →

note

Countable: peppercorn, peppercorns; one word. A peppercorn is not related to the vegetable «pepper» (capsicum, bell pepper), even though they share the name.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peppercorn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.