Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scoby

/ˈskəʊbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: sco-by
IPA: /ˈskəʊbi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of scobby (“chaffinch”).

noun

Alternative letter-case form of SCOBY (“symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast”).

name

Example Sentences

"Avoid cleaning your brewing vessel and equipment with antibacterial soap because SCOBYs contain bacteria."
"Strain out the tea. Stir in the starter kombucha. Transfer to a large glass jar and add the SCOBY."
"You will now have two scobies, which you can use to make more kombucha […]"

Etymology

Variant of Scobie.

Usage

Inflected Forms

SCOBYs (plural) scobies (plural)

Rhymes With

toby nairobi adobe moby jacoby jacobi tobey gobi roby coby okeechobee obie

Questions

How do you pronounce scoby?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskəʊbi/.
What does scoby mean?: Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.
Where does scoby come from?: Variant of Scobie.

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