tempeh

[ tem-pey ]

nounIndonesian Cooking.
  1. a fermented soybean cake.

Origin of tempeh

1
First recorded in 1960–65, tempeh is from the Javanese word témpé

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British Dictionary definitions for tempeh

tempeh

/ (ˈtɛmpeɪ) /


noun
  1. fermented soya beans

Origin of tempeh

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C20: from Indonesian tempe

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