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split-pea

split-pea

3 2.0
A dried pea cut in half and used for soup
  • noun
  • /splɪt pi/
translation icon : guisante partido
  • Is there any of that split-pea soup left?
  • split-pea soup
  • yellow split-pea
  • green split-peas

Examples

  • Well, take a bowl of split pea soup and serve yourself and move out of my way 'cause I'm having some next.

  • You were smart to order that split-pea soup.

  • You were smart to order that split pea soup.

  • Then you take your split peas and put them into this broth as well.

  • Daal is my favorite, and it costs next to nothing when made with dried split peas.

    Blog text (6)
  • There were a few older couples getting split pea soup and chicken fried steak with whipped potatoes.

    Blog text (6)
  • Getting crazy with beans: garbanzo bean salads for lunch, split pea soup, lentil soup, black bean soup, and so on.

    Blog text (13)
  • Jerry listened with increasing dismay to one such conversation that went on for ten minutes about a split pea soup that had evidently been a staple of the cafeteria there and a favorite of both seniors.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I was raised in the Northeast with Yankee pot roast, rutabagas, split pea soup, parsnips, rye bread, and bagels.

    Blog text (28)
  • In a heavy-bottomed pot, combine the split peas, salt to taste, turmeric, and 2 cups of water.

Surface Forms

split-pea singular
split-peas plural

Morphology

split-pea = split + pea (transparent) = split + pea

The term 'split-pea' is a straightforward compound of 'split' and 'pea', clearly indicating a pea that has been split.

Etymology

Split-pea comes from the two simple words split and pea, where split means 'cut in two' and pea is the small dried seed we eat. That's why split-pea names peas that have been split in half so they cook faster and make thick soups.