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Noun: pepper pot  pe-pu(r) pót
  1. [Brit] A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper
    "She reached for the pepper pot to add some spice to her soup";
    - pepper shaker [N. Amer], pepper box [archaic]
     
  2. [US] A soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns; often contains dumplings
    "The restaurant's pepper pot soup was a traditional favourite";
    - Philadelphia pepper pot
     
  3. A highly seasoned stew of meat, vegetables, and cassareep, traditional in Guyana and the Caribbean
    "The pepper pot had been simmering all day"

Derived forms: pepper pots

Type of: shaker, soup

Encyclopedia: Pepper pot