pea soup

noun

1. a thick soup made from split peas.
2. Informal. a dense, yellow fog.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pea soup¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Close behind the bread service, another vanishing restaurant practice, is a little taste of soup, tonight a light split pea soup that acknowledges a cool evening.

From Washington Post

Split pea soup usually isn’t the most glamorous, so Nourish columnist Ellie Krieger added leeks and a heaping handful of dill to freshen it up.

From Washington Post

In her kitchen hangs a sign that advertises pea soup, which she used to feed Kerouac.

From The Daily Beast

But now it all feels as foggy as pea soup and no one is happy.

From The Daily Beast

This bold move has sent the heads of corporate America spinning and spewing pea soup.

From The Daily Beast

You remember the other day we made pea soup perfectly plain.

From Project Gutenberg

For pea soup, four quarts, use a cupful of dried peas, yellow split peas.

From Project Gutenberg

A great many people put small squares of toast in the pea soup, but that softens at once.

From Project Gutenberg

Remember all those things give distinct flavors to the pea soup.

From Project Gutenberg

Excellent not a hull house, not a pea soup, no bill no care, no precise no past pearl pearl goat.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• darkness
• fog
• gloom
• mist
• puff
• smog
• smoke
• steam
• vapor
• veil