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pea

1

[ pee ]

noun

plural peas, (Archaic or British Dialect) pease or peasen [pee, -z, uh, n].
  1. the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
  2. the plant itself.
  3. the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant.
  4. any of various related or similar plants or their seed, as the chickpea.
  5. something resembling a pea, especially in being small and round.


adjective

  1. pertaining to, growing, containing, or cooked with peas:

    We cultivated some tomato vines and a pea patch.

  2. small or small and round (usually used in combination).

pea

2

[ pee ]

noun

Nautical.

pea

/ piː /

noun

  1. an annual climbing leguminous plant, Pisum sativum, with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds: cultivated in temperate regions
    1. the seed of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
    2. ( as modifier )

      pea soup

  2. any of several other leguminous plants, such as the sweet pea, chickpea, and cowpea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈpeaˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • pealike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pea1

First recorded in 1660–70; back formation from pease, taken as plural

Origin of pea2

First recorded in 1825–35; perhaps short for peak 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pea1

C17: from pease (incorrectly assumed to be a plural)
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Idioms and Phrases

see like as two peas in a pod .
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Example Sentences

The revamped fries don’t contain any of the nine major allergens, but do include pea starch in their coating.

From Salon

Then my husband tried buying black-eyed peas in cans, which cut the prep to nearly nothing.

Mahmoud bought three pots and made a stew out of veggies — mostly from cans, like peas and carrots — fresh tomatoes, seasonings and salt.

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Another family member said the baby and the dog were "like two peas in a pod".

From BBC

“Valium was in everything, food I ate, the water that I drank ... peas in my plate / She sprinkled just enough of it to season my steak,” he raps.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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