English Explanatory Dictionary

tofu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
  2. A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as _□ or 𐕪)
noun
  1. Initialism of trust on first use, a type of network software security model where a client requests an identification code from a remote host when establishing the first connection.
  2. Initialism of top of funnel.

Pronunciation

tō'fū /ˈtoʊfu/ /ˈtəʊfuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tofu.wav /t̪o.fu/ /ʈo.fu/

Word forms

tofu tofus tōfu

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duwᴴ bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of dubu and doufu.

Synonyms

bean curd soycheese dubu doufu TUFU

Derived words

almond tofu annin tofu blood tofu butter tofu mapo tofu silken tofu stinky tofu tofuburger tofu-dreg tofu dregs tofu press tofurkey tofurky tofu scramble tofu skin yong tofu
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