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soys

soys is the plural of soy.

soys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of soy.

Meaning of soy

Noun (1)

soy (usually uncountable, plural soys)

  1. (usually) A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
    • I like a little soy with my rice.
    Synonyms:
    soy sauce
  2. (attributive, often, usually) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
    • These candles are made from soy.

Noun (2)

soy (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) Silk.
    • GILDEROY was a bonnie boy, / Had roſes tull his ſhoone, / His ſtockings were of ſilken ſoy, / Wi' garters hanging doune: […]1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “Gilderoy”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, book III, page 300

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Proper noun capitalized: Soys

Soys

  1. (plural) plural of Soy

Phrases with soys

Questions about soys

What is soys the plural of?
Soys is the plural of soy.
What part of speech is soys?
Soys is a proper noun.

Words near soys in the dictionary

  1. soyoil
  2. Soyombo
  3. Soyoos
  4. Soyot
  5. Soyots
  6. soys
  7. soys out
  8. soysage
  9. soysages
  10. soystatin
  11. Soyuz

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