"soylent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Blend of soy + lentil, coined in Harry Harrison's 1966 Make Room! Make Room! Etymology templates: {{blend|en|soy|lentil}} Blend of soy + lentil Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} soylent (uncountable)
  1. An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Food and drink Derived forms: soylent green, soylent blue, soylent pink Related terms: mystery meat Translations (undesirable artificial foodstuff): Veggiefleisch [neuter] (German), Fleischersatz [masculine] (German), сойлент (sojlent) (Russian), comidilla [feminine] (Spanish)
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          "text": "“Today's selection is Superaide with a choice of soylent yellow or soylent red,” the servodroid said.",
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