Soy Meaning
/sɔɪ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
nounSoybeans, or the protein derived from them.
Sentence Examples
The company produces soy sauce and other food products.
Is there any nutritional difference between soy and regular milk?
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant served a drink made with ____ milk, which comes from beans.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We always serve a small dish of ____ sauce with the sushi to add a savory and salty flavor.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor. Japanese 醤油 Japanese そやbor. Dutch sojabor. English soy 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted."
— 1902, Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, page 381:
"His voice sounded kinda soy-ish but damn he has a god-like jawline."
— 2021 February 5, u/GameBoy09, “Daily Dose does a face reveal on Dr. K”, in Reddit, r/LivestreamFail, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
"Happy Monday to everyone except those who support vax mandates, aka soy people."
— 2021 August 16, @HodlingCarla, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
"I read this while drinking a Soylent protein shake for breakfast and I couldn't help but think to myself, mid sip, that this tweet really is the absolute soyest thing I have ever seen or consumed in any form in my entire life."
— 2022 April 14, @EverydayWarren, Twitter, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024:
"It's always hard to tell if it's the reality or if you're just misremembering, but yeah to me it feels like the quality has gone down since the red-pill arc for sure. Both in terms of the quality of some of the comments and the number of reactionary style right-leaning/centristy comments/posts. Plus people are generally more concerned with not appearing soy than anything else."
— 2023 January 28, u/TabNone, “Is anybody else both happy for Destiny's rising success, but also sad about what it's doing to the quality of the DGG community?”, in Reddit, r/Destiny, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant served a drink made with ____ milk, which comes from beans.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We always serve a small dish of ____ sauce with the sushi to add a savory and salty flavor.