pea soup
English
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Noun
editpea soup (countable and uncountable, plural pea soups)
- (cooking) A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.
- (countable, slang, ethnic slur) A French or French Canadian person.
- (slang) Thick fog.
- A greyish green or dull chartreuse colour, like the colour of pea soup.
Adjective
editpea soup (comparative more pea soup, superlative most pea soup)
Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).
Synonyms
editFrench Canadian
fog
Derived terms
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editsoup made from peas
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thick fog
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References
edit- “pea soup”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.