pease
Old-style pod vegetables
Pease is an archaic or dialectal word for peas—not a plural but a mass noun like wheat or corn.
The nursery rhyme "pease porridge hot" preserves this older form.
What we now call a single pea was back-formed from pease, which speakers reinterpreted as plural.
The word survives mainly in historical contexts and folk expressions.
Boiled grain dish
- pottageThick vegetable stew
- soupCooked liquid dish
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
meal · pudding · fare · sustenance · provision · potage · gruel · humble
Arterial blood throb
- lentilEdible disc-shaped legume
- chickpeaLegume for hummus
- splitSeparation into parts
- dalStewed split legumes
bean · fava · cowpea · black-eyed · mung · soybean · pinto · kidney
porridge
Boiled grain dish
broth · meal · pudding · fare · sustenance · provision · potage · gruel · humble · frugal
pulse
Arterial blood throb
dal · bean · fava · cowpea · black-eyed · mung · soybean · pinto · kidney · navy
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
subsistence · staple · famine · tithe · feudal · husbandry · crop · field · harvest · agriculture
peapod
Legume's elongated husk
green · garden · tendril · vine · climbing · trellis · plot · vegetable · allotment · picking
- peace and quietFreedom from disturbance
- peace of mindState without anxiety
- rest in peaceEpitaph blessing for deceased
- in peaceUndisturbed, without conflict
- at peaceIn a calm state
- make peaceResolve conflict between parties