pea soup
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1.7
- noun
- /piː suːp/
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sopa de guisantes
- On chilly days, nothing warms me up quite like a steaming cup of pea soup with chunks of ham.
- split-pea soup
Examples
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You're suggesting we go to a pea soup restaurant, am I correct, Ramon?
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I would like the pea soup followed by roast beef. Thank you.
Blog text (25) -
You were smart to order that split pea soup.
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I'll have the pea soup and then the salmon.
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Mother-in-law brings lunch: onion cakes and pea soup.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was raised in the Northeast with Yankee pot roast, rutabagas, split pea soup, parsnips, rye bread, and bagels.
Blog text (28) -
The chef prepared a delicious bowl of pea soup, rich in flavor and texture.
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At the restaurant, I enjoyed the homemade pea soup served with fresh crusty bread.
Synonyms
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2.0
A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables
A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
pea + soup
The sense 'a thick, yellowish fog' is a figurative comparison to the consistency and color of pea soup, not a literal combination of the nouns 'pea' and 'soup'. A B1 learner who knows the words would most likely interpret it as a food item and would not reliably infer the meteorological meaning without prior exposure, so the expression is idiomatic rather than transparently compositional.
Etymology
Pea soup comes from the simple dish made by cooking dried peas until they break down into a thick soup. That's why it means a warm, thick meal made from peas.