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PEE/piː/

A pea is a small round green vegetable. Usually plural: peas; frozen peas; peas with fish and chips. A bean is larger; a grape is fruit, not a vegetable. Countable: a pea, peas. Not pee (informal for urine) in class — teach the food word clearly.

Meaning

A small round green vegetable.

Examples

• “Would you like peas with the fish?”
• “There are peas in this soup.”
• “He will not eat his peas.”

Good to know

usually plural: peas. Contrast: bean (larger). British: fish, chips and peas.

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