PEPPER-AND-SALT


Meaning of PEPPER-AND-SALT in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun

1. : a suiting or other fabric woven with flecks of dark and light (as black and white or dark gray and light gray)

2. : a pepper-and-salt color

3.

[so called from the effect of dark stamens against white petals]

: harbinger-of-spring

II. adjective

: having black and white or dark and light color intermingled in small flecks giving an irregular gray or grayed effect

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.