soy Definition

soy
noun

1. A salty dark brown sauce that is made from soya beans which ferment for around six months and which is used especially in oriental fish dishes.

Form: soy sauce (also)
2. soya.

Etymology: 17c: from Japanese sho-yu, from Chinese jiang you soy sauce.

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soya
soy
noun

1. Any of numerous varieties of an annual plant of the pulse family, that are native to SW Asia but which are now more widely cultivated for their edible seeds.
2. The edible protein-rich seed of this plant, which is used in making soya flour, soya milk, bean curd, etc, and which yields an oil that is used as a cooking oil and in the manufacture of margarine, soap, enamels, paints, varnishes, etc.

Form: soya bean (also called)

Etymology: 17c: Dutch, from soy.