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snap pea

snap pea

3 3.3
A pea with crisp pods you eat whole
  • noun
  • /snæp piː/
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  • Add snap peas to your stir-fry for a crunchy texture and a boost of flavor.
  • sugar snap peas
  • add snap peas
  • trim snap peas

Now this is a huge giant, giant snap pea.

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Examples

  • And the reason why is because if you let a snap pea form seeds, the seeds are going to be very starchy.

  • I happened to have broccoli, peppers, carrots, squash, and sugar snap peas.

    Blog text (29)

  • Raw sugar snap peas are a delicious treat, as are most raw fruits.

    Blog text (28)

  • But it's nice, these little snap peas, fresh, delicious, a little bit of bitterness, nice.

    The Try Guys

  • For veggies I'm adding sugar snap peas and cut up Peppers.

  • The three major types of peas are shelling peas, snap peas, and snow peas.

  • It is served with snap peas tossed in hazelnut butter, roasted mushrooms, and little gnocchi-like goat cheese and potato dumplings.

    Blog text (14)

  • Half an acre of cleared land sprouted leaf lettuce, broccoli, arugula, radishes, cauliflower, carrots, and sugar snap peas.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • In the summer, I enjoy snacking on fresh snap peas right out of the garden.

  • She tossed snap peas into the salad for a wonderful crunch and vibrant color.

Synonyms

sugar snap pea
vssnap pea
1 2.5

A sweet pea with a crisp round pod that you can eat whole, raw or cooked

is similar but focuses less on sweet flavor
edible-pod pea
vssnap pea
4.4

A type of pea plant that makes soft pods you can eat whole

has crisper firmer pods rather than soft thick ones
edible-podded pea
vssnap pea
4.4

A pea plant with thick soft pods that you can eat

has crisper rounded pods rather than thick soft ones

How Crisp

snap pea
3 3.3
snow pea
2 2.3

Surface Forms

snap pea singular
snap peas plural

Morphology

snap + pea

The compound is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'snap' (something that snaps/breaks or is crisp) and 'pea' can infer it denotes a type of pea characterized by a crisp/snapping pod eaten whole. This noun-compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Snap pea comes from the way the pea's pod makes a short 'snap' sound when you break or bite it. The name links snap (the crisp break) and pea (the vegetable), so it describes peas with crunchy, edible pods you can eat whole.