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soybean

US/ˈsɔɪˌbin/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,686 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: soybeans

A soybean is a bean used for oil, flour and a salty sauce. A field of soybeans.

Most of the crop is fed to animals rather than eaten by people, which is the fact that surprises everybody. The British usually write soya bean, and the two are the same plant.

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Definitions of soybean

  1. 1nounsoybeanA bean used for oil, flour and a salty sauce.B2+

    “The whole soybean crop went to a feed mill forty miles away.”

soybean is a bean.

Where it comes from

Soy plus bean; soy came into English through Dutch from Japanese shoyu, the sauce.

From soy + bean.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

soybean in the wild

  • The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean.

    Soybean

  • Soy was domesticated from the wild soybean (Glycine soja) in north-central China between 6,000 and 9,000 years ago.

    Soybean

  • Doenjang or soybean paste is a type of fermented bean paste made of soybean and brine used in Korean cuisine.

    Doenjang

  • Soybean oil (British English: soyabean oil) is a vegetable oil extracted from soybean (Glycine max) legumes.

    Soybean oil

  • As a drying oil, processed soybean oil is also used as a base for printing inks (soy ink) and oil paints.

    Soybean oil

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.