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nouna thick soup made from split peas. Informal. a dense, yellow fog. Origin of pea soupFirst recorded in 1705–15 Words nearby pea souppeasecod, peasecod breastplate, peasen, pease pudding, peashooter, pea soup, pea-souper, peat, peat bog, peatland, peat moss Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pea soupOn Sundays and Wednesdays, instead of the pea-soup, I was served with six ounces of suet pudding baked in a separate tin. Prisoner for Blasphemy|G. W. [George William] Foote To the southward, that is, between us and the shore, our smoke-screeners had laid down a "pea-soup" fog. The Blocking of Zeebrugge|Alfred F. B. Carpenter Perhaps the frequent occurrence of pease-soup, not to be distinguished from pea-soup, is partly responsible for this mistake. The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley She glanced towards the window through which was visible a discouraging fog of the "pea-soup" variety. The Lamp of Fate|Margaret Pedler
Words related to pea soupgloom, vapor, darkness, fog, smoke, puff, smog, mist, veil, steam, cloud, pother, murk, obscurity, frost, overcast, smother, scud, haze, nebula |