split-pea soup
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- noun
- /splɪt piː suːp/
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sopa de guisantes partidos
- She prepared her famous split-pea soup with onions, carrots, and plenty of spices.
Examples
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There were a few older couples getting split pea soup and chicken fried steak with whipped potatoes.
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I was raised in the Northeast with Yankee pot roast, rutabagas, split pea soup, parsnips, rye bread, and bagels.
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On a chilly day, a warm bowl of split-pea soup is just what I need to feel cozy.
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For dinner, we enjoyed split-pea soup paired with fresh bread and a green salad.
Synonyms
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A thick dish made from dried peas, often with ham or vegetables
A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery
A thick French soup with fresh green peas, onion, celery, and lettuce
Surface Forms
Morphology
split-pea + soup
The meaning 'a thick soup made with split peas' is directly and compositionally derivable from the constituents: 'split' (separated), 'pea' (the legume) and 'soup' (a liquid dish). The hyphenated form or a missing dictionary entry for 'split-pea' does not prevent a B1 learner who knows the three words from understanding this is soup made from split peas; similar constructions exist cross-linguistically.
Etymology
Split-pea soup comes from the peas used to make it: dried peas that are split open before cooking, so they break down and make the soup thick and smooth. That's why the name means 'a thick soup made from split peas'.