soya bean

Questions about soya bean

What does soya bean mean?

soya bean means "a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for soya bean?

Close synonyms include soy, soybean, soy, soya, soybean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soya bean a common word?

soya bean is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.