soy
[soi]
Origin of soy
1690–1700; perhaps via Dutch or New Latin < Japanese shōyu, earlier shaũyu < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jìngyóu soybean oil
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Examples from the Web for soy
Contemporary Examples
However, apart from the poultry, which is of the lowest FDA grade, soy protein plays a role in everything served.
Exports—ranging from soy, flowers, copper, and iron ore to computers, appliances, and jets—have boomed.
Mix sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds, garlic, and pepper in a bowl.
Sauté the shiitake mushrooms in the soy sauce, sesame oil, and minced garlic.
Ideal Meal: Before swimming, turkey on whole-wheat toast, or soy beans.
Historical Examples
Add two spoonfuls of any sort of gravy, one of soy or walnut ketchup, a little salt and cayenne, and a spoonful of port.
In China and Japan the soy bean is grown largely as food for man.
Agriculture for BeginnersCharles William Burkett
Add the soy sauce and seasoning, then the browned liver and onion.
Friendship Club Cook BookThe Friendship Club of Madison WI
All we had to eat with it was a solution of salt, soy, vinegar, and sugar.
The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg,Alexander Michie
A box hung at his side, and upon this box was inscribed the word "SOY."
The City CuriousJean de Bosschre
Word Origin and History for soy
n.
1670s, saio "soybean-based Asian fish sauce," from Dutch soya, from Japanese soyu, variant of shoyu "soy," from Chinese shi-yu, from shi "fermented soy beans" + yu "oil." Etymology reflects Dutch presence in Japan before English and American merchants began to trade there.
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