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miso

/ˈmiːsəʊ/US/ˈmisoʊ/

miso noun: a thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces. Also the clipping of misoprostol.

miso: a thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making...
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Noun

miso (usually uncountable, plural misos)

  1. (usually) A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
    • Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022

Also used as

miso is also the clipping of misoprostol.

miso meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Tagalog and Arabic

miso in Hindi

thick paste for making soup
मिसो miso

miso in Marathi

thick paste for making soup
मिसो miso

miso in Tagalog

thick paste for making soup
miso

miso in Arabic

thick paste for making soup
مِيسُو mīsū
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miso in Indonesian
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miso in Thai
มิโซะ mísó

Forms of miso

pluralmisos

Origin of miso

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌(みそ) (miso).

Words formed from miso

Phrases with miso

Words that rhyme with miso

Questions about miso

What does miso mean?
Miso means a thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
What is miso in Hindi?
Miso in Hindi is मिसो (miso). See Miso meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is miso?
Miso is a noun.
How do you pronounce miso?
Miso is pronounced /ˈmisoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of miso?
The plural of miso is misos.

Words near miso in the dictionary

  1. misnurtured
  2. misnurtures
  3. misnurturing
  4. misnutrition
  5. Misny
  6. miso
  7. miso soup
  8. miso soups
  9. miso-
  10. miso-Christian
  11. miso-Christians

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: miso (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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