soylent
сойлент
Veggiefleisch, Fleischersatz
An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meatAn undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.
/ˈsɔɪlənt/
» In the sci-fi movie Soylent Green, there is institutionalized euthanasia because of overpopulation.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.
Veggiefleisch, Fleischersatz
сойлентsojlent
Examples
2 sentencesIn the sci-fi movie Soylent Green, there is institutionalized euthanasia because of overpopulation.
Soylent Green is people!
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
undesirable artificial foodstuff:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
undesirable artificial foodstuff:
Origin
Blend of soy + lentil, coined in Harry Harrison's 1966 Make Room! Make Room!Blend of soy + lentil, coined in Harry Harrison's 1966 Make Room! Make Room!
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Word family
3 related wordsRelatedmystery meat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable