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tuff

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"Volcanic rock"

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4 lettersPronunciation /tʌf/Part of speech nounSorted fftuStarts with TEnds with F1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash

Word origin

From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.

Used in a sentence

  • This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.
  • Tuff Stuff teaches that while life may go smoothly most of the time, ...
  • … yet never to make us so strong as the strongest of Men, whose Sinnews are tuffer, and Bones stronger, and Joints closer, and Flesh firmer, than ours are …

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