pea soup
Americannoun
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a thick soup made from split peas.
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Informal. a dense, yellow fog.
Etymology
Origin of pea soup
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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That includes honey and butter-glazed seared pork chops, a five-ingredient creamy pea soup, pea and mint risotto and a colorful, protein-packed seasonal salad.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025
“I have to laugh,” the 55-year-old said as we enjoyed bowls of split pea soup at a diner in Desert Hot Springs, “because what else can I do?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Bhutan’s pea soup, for instance, “reminded me so much of the American split pea soup or, as we make it in Italy, the dry fava soup,” she says.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023
Not to mention, he added, all the bandannas — along with homemade scarves and sweaters, wool hats, pea soup, vegan matzoh ball soup, cookies, paintings, poems, letters and more.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023
That day we each had a bowl of pea soup and half a kilo of fish.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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