A pimento is a type of red pepper. Pimentos are also known as cherry peppers.. They are typically 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide. They come in both sweet and hot varieties.
hay noun [U]. âº âgrass that is âcut and âdried and used as âanimal âfood. Idioms. make hay while the sun shines. (Definition of hay from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Although Hay is now seen as a quintessentially Scottish name, its origins are in northern France, and branches of the family settled in England shortly after the Norman Conquest. The first Hays appeared in Scotland about the middle of the 12th century.