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noun
a small handheld device for storing and grinding peppercorns.
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Origin of pepper mill

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby pepper mill

peppered moth, pepper family, pepper game, peppergrass, pepperidge, pepper mill, peppermint, peppermint camphor, peppermint spirit, pepperoni, pepper pot
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Words related to pepper mill

pepper shaker

How to use pepper mill in a sentence

  • We dined pleasantly—two good courses, 59that was all; a dinner without pretence, where we served ourselves with the pepper-mill.

    Ten Tales|Franois Coppe

  • A small quantity of the sample being ground in a coffee or pepper mill, 100 gr.

    Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for pepper mill

pepper mill
noun
a small hand mill used to grind peppercorns
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