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soy

/sɔɪ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
  2. Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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