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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 + 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 + , fermented, curdled.]
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Word Origin & History

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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