Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fabric woven with flecks of light and dark: A textile characterized by a woven pattern of small, contrasting light and dark specks, often in black and white or gray and white, resembling the mixture of ground pepper and salt.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Her suit was made of a fine pepper-and-salt wool.
  • The classic pepper-and-salt tweed is popular for autumn jackets.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifier: The term can function attributively to describe other items with a similar speckled appearance.
  • He admired the pepper-and-salt pattern of the granite countertop.
  • The bird had beautiful pepper-and-salt plumage.

Variants and Related Words

• Pepper and salt (adjective phrase): Used to describe hair that is mixed with gray or white, giving a speckled appearance.
  • His beard was turning a distinguished pepper and salt.

Synonyms

• Flecked: Marked with small spots or patches.
• Speckled: Covered with many small spots.
• Tweed (specific type): A rough, woolen fabric, often in a flecked or mixed color pattern, which can include a pepper-and-salt design.

Related Idioms

• None directly associated with the noun 'pepper-and-salt' fabric. (Note: The idiom "pepper and salt" as a description for graying hair is a related adjective phrase, not an idiom using the noun form defined here.)

Noun

1. a fabric woven with flecks of light and dark