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miso

miso

9 6.7
A thick salty paste made from fermented soybeans used in Japanese cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈmiːsoʊ/
: miso
  • In all the stores in my town, iodine supplements, fresh miso, and seaweed snacks are sold out.
  • miso soup

But if you are not eating miso regularly, you're not living.

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Examples

  • It's miso soup.

  • But if you are not eating miso regularly, you're not living.

  • And this is exactly how miso is created.

  • I know it's crazy; I make miso almost every week; it's so cheap and healthy.

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  • Yeah, you come with the egg roll and miso soup.

  • We're also going to add the miso paste.

  • I'm going to start by sipping my miso soup while it's hot.

  • The daily diet was sweet potatoes and miso soup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with the occasional variation of rice and millet.

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  • Yes, garlic, jumbo tiger prawns, miso glazed black COD.

  • I enjoyed a warm bowl of miso soup with seaweed and tofu for dinner.

Surface Forms

miso singular
misos plural

Etymology

Miso comes from Japanese and names a thick, salty paste made from fermented soybeans used in cooking. The first part mi means 'taste', so you can remember that miso is a paste for adding rich 'taste' or flavor to soups and sauces.