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A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pepperette, pepper pot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shaker, dispenser
a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pepper box, pepper pot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shaker
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
պղպեղաման
(pġpeġaman)
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Bulgarian:
пиперник
(pipernik)
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Chinese Mandarin:
胡椒瓶
(hújiāopíng)
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Czech:
pepřenka
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Dutch:
pepervaatje
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Dutch:
peperbus
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Finnish:
pippurisirotin
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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French:
poivrière
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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French:
poivrier
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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German:
Pfefferstreuer
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Italian:
pepiera
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Japanese:
コショウ入れ
(koshō-ire)
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Macedonian:
биберник
(bibernik)
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Manx:
kishtey pibbyragh
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Manx:
poht pibbyragh
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Manx:
pibbyrane
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Polish:
pieprzniczka
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Portuguese:
pimenteiro
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Russian:
пе́речница
(pérečnica)
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Serbo-Croatian:
биберник
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Serbo-Croatian:
bibernik
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Slovak:
korenička
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Spanish:
pimentero
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Spanish:
potorro de pimienta
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it
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Turkish:
biberlik
— a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it