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Tuff

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.

Equivalents

Españoltobatufo
21 more languages
العربيةحجر بركاني
Bosanskitufтуф
Catalàtuf
Češtinatuf
Ελληνικάτόφφος
Suomituffi
Galegotufo
Hrvatskitufтуф
Íslenskamóberg
Italianotufo
日本語凝灰岩
한국어응회암
Latinatofus
Nederlandstufsteen
Polskituf
Portuguêstofo
Românătuf
Српскиtufтуф
Svenskatuff
Türkçetüf

Examples

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

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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