Synonyms for pea


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : pee
Phonetic Transcription : pi

Top 10 synonyms for pea Other synonyms for the word pea

Définition of pea

Origin :
  • early or mid-17c., false singular from Middle English pease (plural pesen), which was both single and collective (e.g. wheat, corn) but the "s" sound was mistaken for the plural inflection. From Old English pise (West Saxon), piose (Mercian) "pea," from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum "pea," from Greek pison "the pea," perhaps of Thracian or Phrygian origin [Klein].
  • In Southern U.S. and the Caribbean, used of other legumes as well. Pea soup is first recorded 1711 (pease-soup); applied to London fogs since at least 1849. Pea-shooter attested from 1803.
  • As in green : adj emerald in color
  • As in bead : noun droplet, blob
  • As in coat : noun personal outerwear
Example sentences :
  • The week passed by, and the old people saw that the pea had begun to sprout.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • They watered it regularly, and the pea set to work and grew higher than the izba.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • The grandfather sowed a bean under the table, and the grandmother a pea.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • Suppose you had a pea on your head, it wouldn't be heavy to carry, would it?
  • Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler
  • However, no wonder, as you had never heard of the thimble and pea game, but I will tell you.
  • Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
  • They were already beginning to be rather weary of porridge, pea soup and lentils.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • The English pea is about the first vegetable of the season to be planted.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • E plan' some pea, but 'e mek no pea; B'er Rabbit, 'e is fine um. '
  • Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • The caterpillars live on the pea and other papilionaceous plants.
  • Extract from : « Our Common Insects » by Alpheus Spring Packard
  • For example, others had been content to look at the pea as a whole.
  • Extract from : « Science and Morals and Other Essays » by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle

Antonyms for pea

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