Tufa Definition

to͝ofə, tyo͝o-
noun
Any of various sedimentary rocks, as travertine, made up of deposits of calcium carbonate formed by evaporation or precipitation in or near a cave, spring, lake, etc.
Webster's New World

The volcanic rock tuff.

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Other Word Forms of Tufa

Noun

Singular:
tufa
Plural:
tufas

Origin of Tufa

  • From Italian tufo, from Latin tōphus or tōfus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Obsolete Italian tufa, tufo from Latin tōfus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tufa Sentence Examples

  • Ten shafts lined with slabs of tufa which were there found may have been the approaches to tombs or may have served as wells.

  • Calcareous tufa or travertine occurs in the valley of Matlock and elsewhere, and in some places is still being deposited by springs.

  • Catacomb of benches cut out of the tufa rock.

  • The igneous formation of which the greater part of the Roman Campagna is, in its superior portion, composed, contains three strata known under the common name of tufa, - the " stony," " granular," and " sandy " tufa, - the last being commonly known as pozzolana.

  • The stony tufa (tufa litoide) is quarried as building-stone.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUF

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