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peas

/piːz/

peas is the plural of pea.

Meaning of pea

Noun

pea (plural peas or (archaic) pease)

  1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
    1. (especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
      • Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 277
  2. The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
  3. The edible seed of various other pea plants.
  4. Any of several varieties of bean.
    • peas and rice
  5. (Multicultural-London-English, in plural) Money.
    • Man's making bare peas.

See all 10 meanings of pea

Noun capitalized: PEAs

PEAs

  1. (plural) plural of PEA

Proper noun capitalized: Peas

Peas

  1. (plural) plural of Pea

Phrases with peas

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Words that rhyme with peas

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Questions about peas

What is peas the plural of?
Peas is the plural of pea.
What part of speech is peas?
Peas can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce peas?
Peas is pronounced /piːz/.

Words near peas in the dictionary

  1. pearwood
  2. pearwoods
  3. peary
  4. Peary caribou
  5. Peary Land
  6. peas
  7. peas and rice
  8. peas porridge
  9. peas pudding
  10. peas puddings
  11. peasant

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