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.
- An old spelling of
tough . - noun Same as
tuft . - 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.
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
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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