pepper mill

See also: peppermill

English

wooden pepper mills

Alternative forms

• peppermill

Pronunciation

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Noun

pepper mill (plural pepper mills)

1. A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen.
2. (historical, slang) The Curta, a cylindrical hand-held mechanical calculator invented in the 1930s.

   Synonym: math grenade

Translations

a small handheld grinder

• Belarusian: млынок для перцу m (mlynók dlja pjercu)
• Catalan: molinet de pebre m
• Danish: peberkværn (da) c
• Dutch: pepermolen (nl) m
• Finnish: pippurimylly (fi)
• French: moulin à poivre (fr) m
• German: Pfeffermühle (de) f
• Hungarian: borsőrlő
• Irish: muileann piobair m
• Italian: pepiera f, pepaiola f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pepperkvern m or f

• Polish: młynek do pieprzu
• Portuguese: moedor de pimenta (pt) m, moinho de pimenta
• Russian: перцемо́лка (ru) f (percemólka)
• Spanish: molinillo (es) m, pimentero (es) m
• Swedish: pepparkvarn (sv) c
• Turkish: karabiber değirmeni
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: melin bupur f

See also

• pepper pot
• pepper shaker