OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13770

tuff

/tʌf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
toba • tufo
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’.
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