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Meaning of Tuff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
tʌf

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية حجر بركاني
Bosanski tuf туф
Català tuf
Čeština tuf
Deutsch Tuff Tuffstein
Ελληνικά τόφφος
Español toba tufo
Suomi tuffi
Français tuf tuf volcanique
Galego tufo
Hrvatski tuf туф
Íslenska móberg
Italiano tufo
日本語 凝灰岩
한국어 응회암
Nederlands tufsteen
Polski tuf
Português tofo
Română tuf
Русский вулкани́ческий туф
Српски tuf туф
Svenska tuff
Türkçe tüf

Examples

“This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

tuff breccia Tuffers Tuffery tuffet tuffie Tuffield

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