pea soup

pea soup
noun Date: 1711 1. a thick purée made of dried peas 2. a thick fog

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  • pea soup — noun count 1. ) a soup made from PEAS 2. ) INFORMAL a FOG (=thick low cloud) in which you cannot see anything …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pea soup — pea′ soup n. 1) a thick soup made from split peas 2) inf a dense fog …   From formal English to slang

  • pea soup — 1. a heavy soup made from dried split peas or, sometimes, fresh peas 2. a dense, yellowish fog: also Chiefly Brit. peasouper n …   English World dictionary

  • pea soup — noun 1. a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑soup 2. a heavy thick yellow fog • Syn: ↑pea souper • Hypernyms: ↑fog * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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  • pea-soup fog — «PEE SOOP», Informal. a very thick and heavy fog: »The term “pea soup” has no standing among weathermen, but then most pea soup fogs the ones in London, for instance aren t simply fogs but combinations of fog and smog (E. B. White) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pea soup — soup made from peas; thick fog …   English contemporary dictionary

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