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# tofu

«tofu» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft white food made from soya milk pressed into…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (tofu — uncountable; also bean curd)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tofu is a soft white food made from soya milk pressed into blocks, eaten a lot in China, Japan and other Asian countries and by vegetarians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#m1)

2) Tofu is a source of protein instead of meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In food and health lessons tofu is an example of a plant protein made from soya beans, used by vegetarians and vegans. In cooking it can be fried, put in soups or stir-fries; it takes on the taste of the sauce. Children often meet it in school dinners and Asian restaurants.

### examples

- We had tofu in our stir-fry tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x1)
- Tofu is made from soya beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x2)
- My vegetarian friend eats tofu instead of chicken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x3)
- Tofu has hardly any taste on its own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x4)
- Crispy fried tofu is my favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x5)
- Miso soup has little cubes of tofu in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x6)
- Tofu is a good source of protein. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some tofu», «a block of tofu», not «a tofu». The word comes from Chinese and Japanese. People with a soya allergy must not eat it.

### In the corpora

- [Beans, lentils, nuts, tofu and eggs give plenty of protein to people who do not eat meat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tofu» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.