Tuff Definition

tŭf
noun
A porous igneous rock, usually stratified, formed by consolidation of volcanic ash, dust, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective

Older and simplified spelling of tough.

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Other Word Forms of Tuff

Noun

Singular:
tuff
Plural:
tuffs

Origin of Tuff

  • From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus.

    From Wiktionary

  • French tuf from Old French from Old Italian tufo tufa tufa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English tōh, from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz

    From Wiktionary

Tuff Sentence Examples

  • Where lava has been piled up in successive nearly horizontal sheets, with occasional layers of tuff or other softer rock between them, it offers conditions peculiarly favourable for the formation of escarpments, as in the wide basalt plateaus of the Inner Hebrides.

  • Like the rest of the cluster, the island is of volcanic origin, with tuff, trachyte and obsidian among its ordinary rocks.

  • The rocks on the verge of the Kisumu province of East Africa are mainly volcanic (basalt, tuff, lava, kenyte).

  • In the middle of Iceland, where the geological foundation is tuff and breccias, large areas are buried under ancient outflows of lava, which bear evidences of glacial scratching.

  • In the Rudolf province there and are the basalt, lava, tuff and kenyte of the volcanic mineralogy.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUF

Words Ending With

FFFUFF

Unscrambles

tuff

Words Starting With T and Ending With F

Starts With T & Ends With FStarts With TU & Ends With FStarts With T & Ends With FF

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With T4 Letter Words Ending With F