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soy

68 1.2

A plant that produces edible seeds used for food, oil, and animal feed

noun
/sɔɪ/

: soja

At the top you have corn, wheat and soy prices, the major staple commodities.
soy protein
soy foods
soy products

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Examples

I'll have a soy pudding.

The Other Woman (2010)
All the different milk substitutes, oat, soy, vanilla, almond and soy.
Not a type of meat, but they use soy to fill out meat.
And if you look at the numbers for soy and wheat, it's much, much less.
The next myth out there is that soy is a good source of protein.
I want a latte with soy and low fat.
Soyfoods have re-emerged in many different forms, and soy products now receive great attention.

Academic text (2001)
Tofu's no longer the only answer if you're after more soy in your diet.

Academic text (2006)
The basic ingredients in mihn-si are soybeans, soy sauce, flour, and sugar.

Academic text (2001)
I often add soy to my salads for a boost of protein and flavor.

Synonyms

soybean

vssoy

57 1.8

A plant grown for its beans used to make food, animal feed, and oil

is the shorter informal common name used instead of longer or scientific terms

soya

vssoy

1 2.3

A bushy plant that makes beans used for food and oil

is the general, shorter name used internationally

soybean plant

vssoy

2.9

A plant that makes beans used for food and oil

is the common general name without botanical description

soya bean

vssoy

2.4

A plant with seeds used to make food, oil, and animal feed

is the common term used more often in everyday speech

soja bean

vssoy

2.8

A bushy plant grown for small edible seeds used for food and oil

is the common short form used in everyday contexts

soja

vssoy

8.9

A bushy plant that makes oil-rich seeds used for food and animal feed

is the widely used general name across many contexts

Glycine max

vssoy

Specialized

7.3

A plant also called soybean that is grown for edible seeds used for food and oil

is the everyday common name rather than the technical Latin term

Compounds

soy sauce

29 1.0

A dark salty liquid used to add flavor to food

soy milk

11 1.9

Milk made from soybeans used instead of regular milk

soy flour

1 2.5

A fine powder made from ground soybeans used as an ingredient in baking

green soy

Indian

3.5

A seed from the mung bean plant used for food

soy boy

Slur

9.9

An insulting word for a man seen as weak or not masculine, often used online

Surface Forms

soy singular

soys plural

Etymology

Soy for the plant comes from the English form soya, which itself came into European languages from names used in East Asia for the bean. Because the same bean gives us tofu, oil and protein-rich foods, 'soy' now names the plant that makes those useful seeds.