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Pea

noun

A pea is a small round green seed eaten as food.

3 letters 1 syllable

What does Pea mean?

A pea is a small round green seed eaten as food.

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Dictionary definition

A small round green seed that is often eaten as a vegetable.

Example sentences

Pea in a sentence

easy

A pea rolled off the plate.

medium

Peas grow inside pods on a plant.

hard

The science chart showed how a pea seed can sprout into a new plant.

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Answer three quick questions about its meaning and related words.

Practice 1

What does pea mean?

Practice 2

What is a pea?

Practice 3

Which sentence uses pea correctly?

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Pea

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Sounds like

pee

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Synonyms

Words like Pea

green peaA common type of pea eaten as food.
seedA small plant part that can grow into a new plant.
Antonym review

Does Pea have an opposite?

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Synonym practice

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Word family

Pea word family

Base word

pea

noun

peas

More than one pea; ordinary plural kept as a form.

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Student support

Understand Pea

Hint for students

A pea is a small, round, green vegetable that often grows in a pod.

Common mix-up

Pea is not the same as pee. Pea is a vegetable; pee is an informal word for urine.

Try it in class or at home

Write one sentence that shows pea without using the word pea. Model sentence: The small green vegetable popped out of its pod. Clue words: small green vegetable, popped out, pod Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show a tiny round vegetable from a pod?

Teacher prompt

Ask students to explain this model sentence: "A tiny green pea rolled off my plate." Why does pea fit better than grape?