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rice and peas

/ˈraɪs ən(d)ˈpiːz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
rice-and-peas
IPA
/ˈraɪs ən(d)ˈpiːz/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A West Indian dish of rice and most commonly kidney beans.

Uncountable

Etymology

From rice + and + peas.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rice an' peas (alternative)

Synonyms

peas and rice

Questions

How do you pronounce rice and peas?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈraɪs ən(d)ˈpiːz/.
What does rice and peas mean?
A West Indian dish of rice and most commonly kidney beans.
Where does rice and peas come from?
From rice + and + peas.

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