English Explanatory Dictionary

tafone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone.

Word forms

tafone tafoni

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”), or perhaps from the Corsican or Sicilian taffoni (“holes”), or tafonare (“to perforate”).

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