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miso^¹

/ˈmisoʊ/ US
/ˈmiːsəʊ/ UK

Rhymes with -iːsəʊ

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Borrowed from Japanese 味噌(みそ) (miso).

noun misos

uncountable, usually A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).

miso^²

noun

abbreviation, clipping, informal, uncountable Clipping of misoprostol I’m here to look for a small, white, hexagonal pill called misoprostol. Also known as miso or Cytotec, the drug induces an abortion that appears like a miscarriage during the early stages of a woman’s pregnancy. For women living in Latin America and other countries that have traditionally outlawed a

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noun thick paste for making soup

Español	miso
한국어	미소 miso
日本語	味噌 miso
中文	味噌 wèizēng
हिन्दी	मिसो miso
Português	missô, miso
Français	miso
Deutsch	Miso
Italiano	miso
Ελληνικά	μίσο míso
Русский	ми́со míso
العربية	مِيسُو mīsū

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@misc{miso_2026,
  title = {miso},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miso},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}