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peppery rub

peppery rub

4.1
A mix of spices with black pepper used to season meat before cooking
  • noun
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  • This recipe calls for a peppery rub made from black pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.

Examples

  • The chef recommended applying a generous peppery rub to the ribs before roasting them.

  • This peppery rub adds great flavor to chicken.

  • Before grilling, he coated the chicken with a peppery rub to enhance the flavor.

  • I made a delicious peppery rub for the steak.

  • Before grilling, he coated the chicken with a peppery rub to enhance the flavor.

  • The chef recommended applying a generous peppery rub to the ribs before roasting them.

  • This recipe calls for a peppery rub made from black pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.

Synonyms

seasoning
vspeppery rub
56 1.0

A thing like salt, herbs or spices you add to food to make it taste better

is a specific spice mixture mainly used to coat meat before cooking
seasoned salt
vspeppery rub
1 2.8

Salt mixed with herbs and spices to add flavor to food

is instead a dry spice mix focused on meat seasoning before cooking
herb pepper
vspeppery rub
3.1

A spice mix of ground pepper and dried herbs like basil and oregano

focuses on bold spicy heat used to season meat before cooking
seasoner
vspeppery rub
3.6

An ingredient like salt or pepper that makes food taste better

is a particular blend applied to meat prior to cooking

Surface Forms

peppery rub singular
peppery rubs plural

Morphology

peppery + rub

The meaning 'a seasoning mixture used to rub on meat' is directly derivable from 'peppery' (having the flavor of pepper) combined with 'rub' (the act or item used for rubbing), so learners can infer it is a pepper-flavored mixture applied by rubbing. This adjective+noun culinary pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, making it understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.

Etymology

Peppery rub comes from the simple kitchen image of rubbing a peppery spice mix into meat. Here peppery shows the strong pepper taste and rub is the action, so the phrase means a mix of spices you rub on meat to 'add flavor' before cooking.