Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pepper-pot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: pep-per-pot
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pepper pot.

verb

To intersperse privately-owned houses and social housing.

New Zealand usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"In a government office not so long ago, we read an understandable petition from Europeans asking that these 'pepper-potted' people be removed, or they were going to move."
"Although these would be of a maximum of 12 houses, he would prefer to pepper-pot rather than create the risk of "mini ghettos"."
"Residential surveyors also say pepper-potting reduces the marketability of a house."

Usage

New Zealand usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

pepper-pots (plural) pepper-pots (present, singular) pepper-potting (participle, present) pepper-potted (participle, past) pepper-potted (past)

Questions

What does pepper-pot mean?: Alternative form of pepper pot.

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