Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt-and-pepper

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: salt-and-pep-per
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a color pattern resembling many small speckles of black and white.

Example Sentences

"salt-and-pepper hair"
"fabric with a salt-and-pepper pattern"
"In the Chop House he ran into young Will Hamilton, looking pretty prosperous in a salt and pepper business suit."
"A mild infestation gives trees and shrubbery a mottled or salt-and-pepper appearance; with a heavy mite population, foliage turns yellow and falls."
"He observed himself staring through the avocado leaves, a gray-haired old man with thick salt-and-pepper sideburns and jealous eyes."
"“Early on, when we were dating, I was like, ‘Do you think I’m a cougar?’” she recalls with a laugh. When Woolfolk started growing out his salt-and-pepper beard, she was thrilled."

Inflected Forms

more salt-and-pepper (comparative) most salt-and-pepper (superlative) pepper-and-salt (alternative) pepper and salt (alternative)

Questions

What does salt-and-pepper mean?: Having a color pattern resembling many small speckles of black and white.

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