soymilk

or soy milk

[ sawee-milk ]

noun

1. a whitish liquid made of soy flour and water, used as a substitute for dairy milk or curdled and pressed into blocks to make tofu.

Word History and Origins

Origin of soymilk¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Named a hot food trend a few years ago, carob is popping up everywhere, in chip, powder, syrup and extract form, or added to ready-to-eat products such as snack bars, coated nuts and flavored soymilk.

From Seattle Times

Keep that in mind if you eat wheat bran cereal with milk or calcium-enriched soymilk.

From Seattle Times

Vitamin B-12 can be found in eggs, dairy products and B-12 fortified products such as soymilk or nutritional yeast.

From Washington Post

Did confused milk-drinkers file complaints with the Department of Agriculture when they found out their soymilk didn’t contain actual milk?

From Scientific American

Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, soymilk, wheat germ, peanuts and many types of beans have modest amounts.

From Seattle Times