pepper mill
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- noun
- /ˈpɛpər mɪl/
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molino de pimienta
- We ridiculed Grace's culinary obsessions, which included large pepper mills and orange juice squeezed from scratch by maids.
- salt and pepper mill
Examples
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The chef always prefers using a pepper mill to ensure the spices are fresh and flavorful.
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PEPPER MILL:
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Duncan was still fiddling with the pepper mill; there was obviously more to come.
Fiction book (1995) -
When Betty came home from work that day, August 11th, even the wooden pepper mill which they'd kept on the kitchen table was gone.
Fiction book (1994) -
Does anyone know of a pepper mill that will grind pink peppercorns only?
Blog text (27) -
He sat playing with the pepper mill as he groped for words.
Fiction book (1995) -
I tried grinding them in a pepper mill, but since they're much softer than black peppercorns, they aren't dense enough to push through the grinding mechanism.
Blog text (27) -
At dinner, he reached for the pepper mill to add some freshly ground pepper to his dish.
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A quality pepper mill can make a significant difference in the taste of your meals.
Synonyms
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A small tool that crushes peppercorns into ground pepper for adding flavor to food
A small machine that grinds whole spices into powder
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device for grinding pepper' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pepper' (the spice) with 'mill' (a grinding device); the compound names the function of the object. Noun–noun compounds of this type are common in English and many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Pepper mill comes from a simple picture: a small mill for pepper. A 'mill' is a machine that grinds, so a pepper mill is a tool that grinds whole peppercorns into the ground pepper you put on food.