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to⋅fu
[toh-foo] 
–noun
| a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used originally in Oriental cookery but now in a wide variety of soups and other dishes. |
Also called bean curd.
Origin:
1875–80; < Japn tōfu < MChin, equiv. to Chin dòufu (dòu bean + fǔ turn sour, ferment)
1875–80; < Japn tōfu < MChin, equiv. to Chin dòufu (dòu bean + fǔ turn sour, ferment)
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| to·fu (tō'fōō) n. A protein-rich food coagulated from an extract of soybeans and used in salads and various cooked foods. [Japanese tōfu, from Chinese dòufu : dòu, bean + fǔ, fermented, curdled.] |
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tofu
soy bean curd, 1880, from Japanese tofu, from Chinese doufu, from dou "beans" + fu "rotten."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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