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scoby

/ˈskəʊbi/

scoby is the alternative form of scobby.

scoby is the alternative letter-case form of SCOBY.

Meaning of scobby

Noun

scobby (plural scobbies)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) The chaffinch.

Noun capitalized: SCOBY

SCOBY (countable and uncountable, plural SCOBYs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.
    • Avoid cleaning your brewing vessel and equipment with antibacterial soap because SCOBYs contain bacteria.2012, Alex Lewin, Real Food Fermentation, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 150
    • Strain out the tea. Stir in the starter kombucha. Transfer to a large glass jar and add the SCOBY.2014, Lisa Sussman, Cold Press Juice Bible, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 65

Proper noun capitalized: Scoby

Scoby (plural Scobys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of scoby

Noun
pluralscobies
pluralSCOBYs
alternative formscoby
Proper noun
pluralScobys

Origin of scoby

Variant of Scobie.

Questions about scoby

What does scoby mean?
Scoby means a surname.
What is scoby the alternative form of?
Scoby is the alternative form of scobby.
What part of speech is scoby?
Scoby can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce scoby?
Scoby is pronounced /ˈskəʊbi/.
What is the plural of scoby?
The plural of scoby is scobies.

Words near scoby in the dictionary

  1. scobinae
  2. scobinate
  3. Scobinți
  4. scobs
  5. scobs someone's knob
  6. scoby
  7. SCOBYs
  8. Scocca
  9. Scoccas
  10. scoff
  11. scoff down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scoby (page history and authors); SCOBY (page history and authors); Scoby (page history and authors); scobby (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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