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Soy

A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

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Bean 76% connected

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

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Condiment 76% connected

Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

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Legume 76% connected

A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

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Soja 70% connected

An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.

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Soja 92% connected

An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Badian noun · 78% connection

An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.

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Boiled adjective · 78% connection

Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.

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Boll noun · 78% connection

A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushe…

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Bouilli noun · 78% connection

Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has b…

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Brose noun · 78% connection

Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., accor…

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Chlorpicrin noun · 78% connection

A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.

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Chopstick noun · 78% connection

One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.

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Concentrate verb · 78% connection

be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

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Decoct verb · 78% connection

be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

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Dip noun · 78% connection

A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.

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Dumpling noun · 78% connection

A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boile…

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Fermentative adjective · 78% connection

Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process.

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Fish noun · 78% connection

the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people start…

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Ginseng noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…

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Hyalonema noun · 78% connection

A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…

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Joss noun · 78% connection

A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

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Junk noun · 78% connection

A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc.…

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Laver noun · 78% connection

The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple…

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