green pea soup

1.8

A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery

noun
/ɡriːn piː suːp/

: sopa de guisantes verdes

On a cool spring evening, she prepared a pot of green pea soup for her family dinner.

Examples

The restaurant's special today is homemade green pea soup served with crusty bread.
I love green pea soup!
Fresh herbs give the green pea soup a vibrant flavor and color.
She made green pea soup for dinner.
For dinner, we decided to make green pea soup with fresh vegetables from the garden.
She served a delicious bowl of green pea soup as an appetizer before the main course.
I love the creamy texture of green pea soup, especially when topped with a sprinkle of mint.

Synonyms

pea soup

vsgreen pea soup

3 1.7

A thick dish made from dried peas, often with ham or vegetables

uses fresh green peas and shredded lettuce instead of dried and pureed ones

split-pea soup

vsgreen pea soup

1 2.0

A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables

focuses on fresh green peas and often shredded lettuce rather than dried peas

potage St. Germain

vsgreen pea soup

9.9

A thick French soup with fresh green peas, onion, celery, and lettuce

is the common English term for that same fresh green vegetable dish

Surface Forms

green pea soup singular

green pea soups plural

Morphology

green + pea + soup

The meaning 'a soup made from green peas' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'green' (color), 'pea' (small green seed), and 'soup' (liquid dish); the adjective+noun+noun composition is compositional and predictable. This kind of descriptive noun phrase is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the three words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Green pea soup is a simple name: it is a green pea soup made by cooking and blending fresh peas so the soup becomes bright green and tastes of peas. So the name tells you exactly what the 'dish' is.