soymilk

American  

[sawee-milk] / ˈsɔiˌmɪlk /

especially British, soybean milk or soy milk

noun

1. a whitish liquid made of soy flour and water, used as a substitute for dairy milk or curdled and pressed into blocks to make tofu.

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Etymology

Origin of soymilk

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The company has produced a meat substitute called Jiro Meat based on okara, a soy pulp typically discarded after making tofu and soymilk.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Keep that in mind if you eat wheat bran cereal with milk or calcium-enriched soymilk.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

Less than 27% of schools consistently offered soymilk, 6.9% offered almond milk and 2.8% offered rice milk, per the 2018 nutrition report.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Vitamin B-12 can be found in eggs, dairy products and B-12 fortified products such as soymilk or nutritional yeast.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022

But the debate over cultured meat is also fundamentally different from these earlier case studies, because unlike margarine or soymilk, cultured meat is biochemically identical to the substance it’s competing with.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2018