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tephras

tephras is the plural of tephra.

Meaning of tephra

Noun

tephra (countable and uncountable, plural tephras)

  1. The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
    • The sky would have darkened with sheer volume of ash, the grapes would have withered upon the vine; misfortune would have fallen with the inexorability of volcanic tephra upon rich and poor alike.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 126

Questions about tephras

What is tephras the plural of?
Tephras is the plural of tephra.

Words near tephras in the dictionary

  1. tephillot
  2. tephilloth
  3. tephiritid
  4. tephra
  5. tephramancy
  6. tephras
  7. tephriphonolite
  8. tephriphonolites
  9. tephriphonolitic
  10. tephrite
  11. tephrites

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