tofu
/ˈtəʊfuː/US/ˈtoʊfu/
tofu noun: a protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
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Noun (1)
tofu (countable and uncountable, plural tofus)
- A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
- First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79
- 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 (2) capitalized: TOFU
TOFU (uncountable)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- TUFU
- Initialism of top of funnel.
- To move prospects through a marketing funnel, you need to provide content designed to satisfy their needs at each of the three stages:
» Content at the top of the funnel (TOFU) that facilitates awareness2018, Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 603
- To move prospects through a marketing funnel, you need to provide content designed to satisfy their needs at each of the three stages:
tofu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tofu in Hindi
- protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk
- टोफ़ू ṭofū
tofu in Tamil
- protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk
- டோஃபூ ṭōfū
tofu in Marathi
- protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk
- टोफू ṭophū
tofu in Urdu
- protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk
- ٹوفو ṭofū
More languagesFewer languages
- tofu in Bengali
- টোফু, তোফু
- tofu in Telugu
- టోఫు, టోఫూ, తోఫు
- tofu in Malayalam
- ടോഫു, തോഫു
- tofu in Kannada
- ಟೋಫು, ಟೋಫೂ, ಟೊಫು
- tofu in Punjabi
- ਟੋਫੂ, ਟੋਫ਼ੂ, ਟੋਫੁ
- tofu in Gujarati
- ટોફુ ṭophu
- tofu in Odia
- ଟୋଫୁ, ତୋଫୁ, ଟଫୁ
- tofu in Nepali
- टोफु, टोफू, तोफु
- tofu in Tagalog
- tokwa
- tofu in Arabic
- تُوفُو tūfū, توفو tōfu
- tofu in Malay
- tauhu, taufu
- tofu in Indonesian
- tahu, tofu
- tofu in Persian
- توفو tofu
- tofu in Thai
- เต้าหู้ dtâo-hûu
- tofu in Vietnamese
- đậu phụ, tàu hủ, đậu khuôn, đậu hủ
- tofu in Myanmar
- တိုဟူး tuihu:
Examples of tofu in a sentence
- I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin.
- Magnesium sulfate is the coagulant used in making tofu. It causes the liquid soy milk to separate into solid tofu and water.
- To prepare the chick’n fried tofu, cut the pressed block of tofu lengthwise into 8 long slices.
Synonyms of tofu
Forms of tofu
| plural | tofus |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tōfu |
Origin of tofu
Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duwᴴ bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of dubu and doufu.
Words formed from tofu
Phrases with tofu
Questions about tofu
- What does tofu mean?
- Tofu means a protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
- What is tofu in Hindi?
- Tofu in Hindi is टोफ़ू (ṭofū). See Tofu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tofu?
- Tofu is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tofu?
- Tofu is pronounced /ˈtoʊfu/ (US).
- What is the plural of tofu?
- The plural of tofu is tofus.
Words near tofu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tofu (page history and authors); TOFU (page history and authors); tofu (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tofu (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tofu (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tofu (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tofu (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tofu (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tofu (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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