Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soy sauce

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: soy sauce
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

soy sauces (plural) soya sauce (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

soy toyo

Questions

What does soy sauce mean?: A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.

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