pea soup
/'pi:'su:p/
Definition
- Noun:
- A thick, dense, yellowish fog: A type of heavy fog, historically common in industrial cities, characterized by its yellow or brownish color, often caused by air pollution.
- A thick soup made from dried peas: A hearty soup where dried peas are the main ingredient, typically cooked until soft and often pureed to a thick consistency.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Fog):
- The pea soup was so thick that drivers had to use their headlights at noon.
- London was once famous for its choking pea soup fogs, known as "pea-soupers."
- Noun (Soup):
- For dinner, we had a warm bowl of pea soup with chunks of ham.
- Traditional pea soup is a simple, filling dish made from dried split peas.
Advanced Usage
- "pea-souper": An informal, chiefly British term for a very thick, yellowish fog.
- The city came to a standstill during the terrible pea-souper.
Variants and Related Words
- Pea-souper (n): A synonym for a dense, yellowish fog.
- Split pea soup (n): A more specific term for the soup, indicating the type of pea used.
Synonyms
- Fog: A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere.
- Puree: A smooth, creamy substance made of liquidized or crushed fruit or vegetables.
Related Phrases
- As thick as pea soup: An idiom used to describe something very dense or impenetrable, most commonly fog, but sometimes extended to other contexts like mystery or plot.
- The fog off the coast was as thick as pea soup.
- The plot of that novel is as thick as pea soup; I can't follow it.
Noun
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a heavy thick yellow fog
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a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)
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