how to pronounce peppercorn

/ˈpɛp.ə.kɔːn/

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peppercorn is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of peppercorn in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… so the peppercorn petitions really it's …”

meanings of peppercorn

noun:

A small, insignificant quantity; a nominal consideration used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract.
The seeds of the plant Piper nigrum. Commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.

peppercorn frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word peppercorn occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics peppercorn can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that peppercorn can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;