Synonyms for soy
sɔɪsoy

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1. soy, soybean, soya beannoun

   a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food

   Synonyms:
   soy sauce, soya bean, soybean, soja, soja bean, soybean plant, soya

2. soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine maxnoun

   erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

   Synonyms:
   soy sauce, soya bean, soybean, soja, soja bean, soybean plant, soya

3. soy sauce, soynoun

   thin sauce made of fermented soy beans

   Synonyms:
   soy sauce, soya bean, soybean, soja, soja bean, soybean plant, soya

4. soy, soybean, soya, soya beannoun

   the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)

   Synonyms:
   soy sauce, soya bean, soybean, soja, soja bean, soybean plant, soya

Matched Categories

1. • Bean
   • Condiment
   • Edible Bean
   • Legume

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1. List of paraphrases for "soy":

   soybean, soya, soybeans, soyoil

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1. Toby Gardner:

   In the last 10 years pretty much all of the expansion of soy within Brazil has happened in Native Cerrado, there's really not much of the Cerrado left.

2. President Cristina Kirchner:

   When it comes to food, there have to be global regulations (on speculative investments), are we going wait for the accumulation of grain and soy in some parts of the world, while people in other parts are dying of hunger?

3. Douglas Murray:

   If we look at soy production, it's second to beef in environmental damage — we're replacing first degree murder with second degree murder.

4. Heather Patisaul:

   Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones.

5. Fang Fang:

   Results from our study and those from others are consistent that soy food consumption in women with breast cancer does not have a detrimental effect on prognosis or survival.