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bean curd

British  

noun

  1. another name for tofu

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The recipe I picked from it, tofu tikka, shows how the versatile bean curd, when coated in enough flavor, can provide so much satisfaction.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2022

You’ll find Kurobuta pork in a fluffy white bun for meat-eaters; the veggie option has bean curd, baby bok choy, two kinds of mushrooms, glass noodles and jicama.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

We are vegetarian, so we’ll order the veggie egg rolls, the veggie chow fun, fried rice for the kids, sesame bean curd and those fried noodles that you dip in duck sauce.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Plastic dairy products, American cheeses, eggs, bananas, pineapple, tandoori chicken, bean curd, labane, sweet corn, honey roasted ham, nutella, peanut butter, jelly?

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2021

He dropped the ball, and Shirley fell on top of the bag like a piece of ripe bean curd.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

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