Meaning of Soy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
   uncountable, usually
3. Silk.
   Scotland, archaic, uncountable
4. Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
   attributive, often, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“I like a little soy with my rice.”

“Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.”

“These candles are made from soy.”

“The soy crop is looking good this year.”

“This diet doesn't let me eat soy.”

“GILDEROY was a bonnie boy, / Had roſes tull his ſhoone, / His ſtockings were of ſilken ſoy, / Wi' garters hanging doune: […]”

“Our tents are spread with gossamer thread, / More delicate far than silken soy.”

“Now two and two the host comes by; / And first the pikemen, stout and slow; / Next, under pennons flaunting high, / Barons in cloaks of silken soy / And caps of velvet go.”

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