tuff
/tʌf/
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Australia/tɐf/
tuff noun: a light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel. Also the eye dialect spelling of tough.
Noun
tuff (countable and uncountable, plural tuffs)
- A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
- This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 9n
- Synonyms:
- tufa
Adjective
tuff (comparative tuffer or more tuff, superlative tuffest or most tuff)
- Impressive, amazing, awesome, cool.
- bro thinks he's tuff
Proper noun capitalized: Tuff
Tuff (plural Tuffs)
- A surname.
Also used as
tuff is also the eye dialect spelling of tough.
tuff meaning in Urdu, Punjabi and Vietnamese
tuff in Urdu
- ٹف
tuff in Punjabi
- ਟੱਫ, ਟੱਫ਼
tuff in Vietnamese
- rock consolidated from volcanic ash
- đá túp
Synonyms of tuff
Forms of tuff
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tuffs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | tuffer |
| comparative | more tuff |
| superlative | tuffest |
| superlative | most tuff |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tuffs |
Origin of tuff
From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.
Eye dialect of tough.
Words formed from tuff
- calc-tuff
- tuffaceous
- tuff breccia
- tuffite
- tufflava
- tuffness
Words that rhyme with tuff
Questions about tuff
- What does tuff mean?
- Tuff means a light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
- What is tuff in Urdu?
- Tuff in Urdu is ٹف. See Tuff meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is tuff?
- Tuff can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tuff?
- Tuff is pronounced /tʌf/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tuff?
- The plural of tuff is tuffs.
Words near tuff in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tuff (page history and authors); Tuff (page history and authors); tuff (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tuff (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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