tuff
pronunciation
How to pronounce tuff in British English:
UK [tʌf]
How to pronounce tuff in American English:
US [tʌf]
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- Noun:
- hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash
Word Origin
- tuff (adj.)
- advertiser's spelling of tough (adj.), attested by 1940.
Example
- 1. Looks like he was having a tuff time to .
- 2. These human figures were carved from volcanic tuff and were erected more than 500 years ago -- between about 1250 and 1500 .
- 3. On sunday 11 june we have a tuff match against serbia & montenegro .
- 4. On the right from the lake there is a restaurant built of tuff .
- 5. His long eyelashes cast a few tuff shadows on the contours of his cheekbone .