pea soup
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English
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Noun
[edit]pea soup (countable and uncountable, plural pea soups)
- (cooking) A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.
- (countable, slang, ethnic slur) A French or French Canadian person.
- (slang) Thick fog.
- A greyish green or dull chartreuse colour, like the colour of pea soup.
Adjective
[edit]pea soup (comparative more pea soup, superlative most pea soup)
Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).
Synonyms
[edit]French Canadian
fog
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]soup made from peas
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thick fog
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References
[edit]- “pea soup”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.