PEA SOUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pea soup mean? 

• PEA SOUP (noun)
  The noun PEA SOUP has 2 senses:

1. a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)

2. a heavy thick yellow fog

  Familiarity information: PEA SOUP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEA SOUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pea soup" is a kind of...):

soup (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A heavy thick yellow fog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

pea-souper; pea soup

Hypernyms ("pea soup" is a kind of...):

fog (droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground)