Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A volcanic fragmental rock, varying from coarse deposits made of materials resembling fine gravel in size to those which are like the finest sand.
- noun Same as
tuft . - An old spelling of
tough .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Same as
tufa .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective older and simplified spelling of
tough - noun geology A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash
Etymologies
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Examples
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To the hypocrite Christopher Dodd sitting there saying we are going to get tuff is hilarious.
Senate negotiators say deal close, but more talks needed 2010
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Over time, that ash became a rock called tuff, which is anything but: tuff is soft, crumbly, and erodes easily.
The people of Frijoles Canyon ewillett 2008
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Sometimes called tuff, it had often been used on Earth as construction material.
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The volcano also spewed out hundreds of feet of ash as far as Kansas and Oklahoma and hardened into a honeycombed rock form called tuff.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Olga Bonfiglio 2011
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"Geological problems such as landslides, quicksand, cave-in were persistent through the entire process of construction, and we have built a 5,800-meter-long tunnel in a stratum known as tuff, a type of rock composed of compacted volcanic ash, which is the world's first of the kind," Shen said.
The Times of India 2009
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Yea, there's a lot of "tuff" teapootiers and wingnuts out there; until they break the law and get arrested and afraid Bubba is gonna be their cellmate.
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The company insists that the "tuff" part of the name is well-earned for being waterproof, dustproof and you can drive a car over it.
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The company insists that the "tuff" part of the name is well-earned for being waterproof, dustproof and you can drive a car over it.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: CES 2010 -- Ohm on the Range 2010
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Let me mention something else - "tuff" on crime Texas has over 2300 (yes, you read that right) separate felonies on their books, and every single one of them denies a person the right to own a gun forever.
Our Pal Joey? 2008
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The company insists that the "tuff" part of the name is well-earned for being waterproof, dustproof and you can drive a car over it.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: CES 2010 -- Ohm on the Range 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word tuff
"Soon they are standing before the fort's entrance, which is flanked by carvings of a pair of guards cut into the foamy volcanic tuff: halberd-brandishing Spaniards in blousy pants and conquistador helmets."
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, p 121 of the Avon Books paperback edition
January 26, 2013
vendingmachine commented on the word tuff
1. n. Geology
lithified volcanic ash.
June 28, 2015