Definition of salt-and-pepper in English:
salt-and-pepper
adjectivesɔːlt(ə)n(d)ˈpɛpəˌsɔltnˈpɛpər
Flecked or speckled with intermingled dark and light shades; pepper-and-salt.
Example sentencesExamples
- My father was some years older than my mother, with salt-and-pepper hair (he blames the gray on me).
- Quite a few people look much better with salt-and-pepper hair than they did with color.
- He has a salt-and-pepper mustache, a dab of hair under his lower lip, and a glasses case poking out of his left chest pocket.
- Vincent's appearance also represents something of a departure for Cruise, with his steel grey hair and salt-and-pepper stubbled face.
- He has a full head of salt-and-pepper hair, wire-rim glasses and a warm smile.
Definition of salt-and-pepper in US English:
salt-and-pepper
adjectiveˌsôltnˈpepərˌsɔltnˈpɛpər
Flecked or speckled with intermingled dark and light shades; pepper-and-salt.
Example sentencesExamples
- He has a full head of salt-and-pepper hair, wire-rim glasses and a warm smile.
- My father was some years older than my mother, with salt-and-pepper hair (he blames the gray on me).
- He has a salt-and-pepper mustache, a dab of hair under his lower lip, and a glasses case poking out of his left chest pocket.
- Vincent's appearance also represents something of a departure for Cruise, with his steel grey hair and salt-and-pepper stubbled face.
- Quite a few people look much better with salt-and-pepper hair than they did with color.