pepper mill

noun

: a hand mill for grinding peppercorns

Examples of pepper mill in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cardamom pods need to be crushed to release the seeds first, but the seeds can be ground in a pepper mill as well. —Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2025

Known for colorful lacquered accessories, the brand's co-founders Sarah and David Ross ran an array of pastels and jewel-tones, as well as their new Icy and Frosty salt and pepper mills, along the table in a look so showstopping that guests audibly gasped upon seeing it. —Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2025

Season with ¼ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon (or 3 fat pinches) of kosher salt and crank your pepper mill at least five times. —Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025

Michael Graves’s stainless steel pepper mill will stand the test of time (it was first designed for Alessi in 1988, after all). —Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined above

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