Words that Food Expressed (7)

Peanut:
(a) nut that grows in a shell underground
(b) peanuts – very little money   

Pepper:
(a) powder that tastes hot, made from the fruit of a tropical plant
(b) hollow vegetable that tastes slightly hot (c) hit repeatedly with shots  

Pickle:
(a) vegetable preserved in vinegar or salt water
(b) vinegar or salt water for preserving foods (c) in a pickle – dirty, difficult or confused condition

Raspberry:
(a) red berry often eaten
(b) rude sound made by putting one's tongue out and blowing
Roll:
(a) small loaf of bread for one person
(b) turn over and over or from side to side (c) form into especially a tube by curling round and round (d) move steadily and smoothly (as if) on wheels (e) swing from side to side on the sea (f) make flat with a roller (g) make a long deep sound (h) cause (especially film cameras) to begin working (i) cause (the eyes) to move round and round (j) roll in the aisles – (of people at the theatre) laugh uncontrollably (k) roll one's r's – pronounce the sound 'r' with the tongue beating rapidly against the roof of the mouth (l) roll one's own – make one's own cigarettes instead of buying them (m) roll in – arrive in large quantities (n) roll out – get out of bed (o) roll up – arrive (p) act of rolling (q) official list of names (r) on a roll – having several success in a row (s) long deep sound (as if) of a lot of quick strokes

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[To be continued]