To save this word, you'll need to log in.
Definition of salt-and-pepper
: having black-and-white or dark and light color intermingled in small flecks
a salt-and-pepper suit a salt-and-pepper beard
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on salt-and-pepper
What made you want to look up salt-and-pepper? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
May 2020 Words of the Day Quiz
- Which is a synonym of exiguous?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
Share salt-and-pepper
Time Traveler for salt-and-pepper
The first known use of salt-and-pepper was in 1835
See more words from the same year