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Webster 1828 Edition


Tuf

TUF

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Noun.
A stone or porous substance formed by depositions from springs or rivulets, containing much earthy matter in solution. Tufa is also formed by the concretion of loose volcanic dust or cinders, cemented by water, or by the consolidation of mud thrown out of volcanoes. The disintegration and subsequent consolidation of basaltic rocks, forms a kind of tufa, called by the German geologists, trap-tuff.

Definition 2024


tuf

tuf

Catalan

Noun

tuf m (plural tufs)

  1. foul odor, stench

French

Noun

tuf m (plural tufs)

  1. (geology) tufa

Derived terms


Lojban

Rafsi

tuf

  1. rafsi of tu.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian tufo, from Latin tofus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tûf/

Noun

tȕf m (Cyrillic spelling ту̏ф)

  1. tuff, tufa

References

  • tuf” in Hrvatski jezični portal