pepper-and-salt

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• pepper-and-salt — adj also salt and pepper pepper and salt hair is starting to become grey …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pepper-and-salt — [pep′ər ən sôlt′] adj. SALT AND PEPPER …   English World dictionary

• Pepper and salt — may refer to: * Erigenia bulbosa , a plant native to the Eastern United States * Philotheca spicata , a plant native to Western Australia …   Wikipedia

• pepper-and-salt — /pep euhr euhn sawlt /, adj. 1. composed of a fine mixture of black with white: pepper and salt hair. n. 2. an apparel fabric having a pepper and salt effect. 3. the harbinger of spring. [1765 75] * * * …   Universalium

• pepper-and-salt — adjective coloured with small areas of black and white mixed together: a pepper and salt beard …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pepper-and-salt — UK / US adjective pepper and salt hair is black and grey …   English dictionary

• pepper-and-salt — pep′per and salt′ adj. tex composed of a fine mixture of black and white or sometimes (in fabric) of two colors • Etymology: 1765–75 …   From formal English to slang

• pepper-and-salt — adjective Date: 1751 salt and pepper …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pepper-and-salt — adjective flecked or speckled with intermingled dark and light shades …   English new terms dictionary

• pepper-and-salt — noun a fabric woven with flecks of light and dark • Hypernyms: ↑fabric, ↑cloth, ↑material, ↑textile …   Useful english dictionary

• pepper-and-salt moth — noun Etymology: so called from the sprinkling of dark brown or black on its dull white wings : a geometrid moth (Biston cognataria) having a larva that feeds on various deciduous plants (as willow, apple, and black currant) …   Useful english dictionary