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tuffs

tuffs is the plural of tuff.

Meaning of tuff

Noun

tuff (countable and uncountable, plural tuffs)

  1. 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Tuffs

Tuffs

  1. (plural) plural of Tuff

Questions about tuffs

What is tuffs the plural of?
Tuffs is the plural of tuff.
What part of speech is tuffs?
Tuffs is a proper noun.

Words near tuffs in the dictionary

  1. tuffon
  2. tuffons
  3. tuffoon
  4. tuffoons
  5. Tuffour
  6. tuffs
  7. Tufnell
  8. Tufnell Park
  9. tufoli
  10. tufon
  11. tufons

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