- split-pea soup
- nounmade of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery• Hypernyms: ↑soup
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Pea soup — is soup made, typically, from dried peas. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. It is greyish green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of peas used; all are cultivars of Pisum sativum.Pea soup has been… … Wikipedia
split pea — noun : a dried hulled pea in which the cotyledons usually split apart * * * a dried green pea, split and used esp. for soup. [1730 40] * * * split pea see under ↑pea1 • • • Main Entry: ↑split * * * split pea UK US noun [countable] [ … Useful english dictionary
Split pea — Split peas are the dried peeled and split seeds of Pisum sativum . They come in yellow and green varieties. They have been mechanically split so that they will cook faster.Yellow split peas are sometimes wrongly referred to as a synonym for the… … Wikipedia
split pea — split′ pea′ n. coo a dried green pea, split and used esp. for soup … From formal English to slang
split pea — ☆ split pea n. a green or yellow pea that has been shelled, dried, and split: used esp. for making soup … English World dictionary
pea soup — pea′ soup n. 1) a thick soup made from split peas 2) inf a dense fog … From formal English to slang
pea soup — 1. a heavy soup made from dried split peas or, sometimes, fresh peas 2. a dense, yellowish fog: also Chiefly Brit. peasouper n … English World dictionary
pea soup — noun 1. a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑soup 2. a heavy thick yellow fog • Syn: ↑pea souper • Hypernyms: ↑fog * * * … Useful english dictionary
split-pea — noun dried hulled pea; used in soup • Hypernyms: ↑green pea, ↑garden pea … Useful english dictionary
split pea — a dried green pea, split and used esp. for soup. [1730 40] * * * … Universalium
