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noun / adjective

soy

SOY/sɔɪ/

Soybeans used as a food ingredient.

The opened pod reveals round beans used to make soy foods.

A soybean plant with recognizable trifoliate leaves and clustered pods, beside one opened pod revealing its round beans.
Etymology
soyJapanesesoy sauce

The ancestor names a soybean-based sauce, and English first used the word for that product. In the plant sense, the product’s name identifies the plant supplying its beans.

In context

Mary's Test Kitchen0:29
the humble ever Noble soybean and make fresh protein Rich soy milk starting with 500 G of beans
MAKING TOFU with Vinegar, Lemon, Gypsum, Nigari & more! *comparing tofu coagulants*

More examples

  • She pours soy milk over her cereal.
  • Check the ingredient list if you are allergic to soy.
  • The recipe calls for a little soy flour.

Forms

soy

Similar words

soybean
Names the bean itself rather than the general food ingredient.