English Explanatory Dictionary

tuff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
adj
  1. Eye dialect spelling of tough.
  2. Impressive, amazing, awesome, cool.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/tʌf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuff.wav

Word forms

tuff tuffs tuffer more tuff tuffest most tuff

Etymology

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

Synonyms

tufa

Derived words

calc-tuff tuffaceous tuff breccia tuffite tufflava
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