split pea

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noun

a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.

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Origin of split pea

First recorded in 1730–40

Words nearby split pea

split-level, split-new, split-off, split one's sides, split page, split pea, split personality, split-phase, split pin, split rail, split ring

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How to use split pea in a sentence

Besides these there is one more thick soup, split pea pure, which you must have too.
Living on a Little|Caroline French Benton
Make the loosely laid floor also of the split pea-pods, putting them across from front to back.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop|Lina Beard
Soup needs nothing with it (if you do not choose split pea which needs croutons, or petite marmite which needs grated cheese).
Etiquette|Emily Post
The first appearance is that of a sharply defined papule, rarely larger than a split pea.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

They are met with chiefly on the palmar aspect of the fingers, and vary in size from a split pea to a cherry.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for split pea

split pea

noun

a pea dried and split and used in soups, pease pudding, or as a vegetable

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