Definitions for soybean

soybean soy·bean

Spelling: [soi-been]
IPA: /ˈsɔɪˌbin/

Soybean is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in soybean (abenosy).

Definitions for soybean

noun

  1. a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S., chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
  2. the seed of this plant, used for food, as a livestock feed, and for a variety of other commercial uses.

Origin of soybean

First recorded in 1795-1805; soy + bean

Examples for soybean

The dogs have been fried in soybean oil until their exterior skin begins to develop a sensuous crunch.

In cool latitudes the soybean is recognized as distinctly more profitable, making larger yields of vines and of seed.

The soybean program is still underway, and is to end this year.

Artis just happened to live beside the soybean field where the 11-year-old was found.

But thanks to its patent, Monsanto controls an estimated 90 percent of the soybean market.

Probably the large yield of rich seed is the most important feature of the soybean crop.

The cowpea trails on the ground, and carries its bacteria more successfully than the soybean.

The soybean and red clover have greater usefulness in the center of the corn belt.

These products are similar to soybean flour but are not so finely ground.

Nix a couple of soybean subsidies and we could have avoided war and just bought the damn country.

Word Value for soybean
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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