Usually means: Volcanic ash compressed into rock.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word tuff:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. tuff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. tuff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tuff: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tuff: Vocabulary.com
  5. Tuff, tuff: Wordnik
  6. Tuff, tuff: Wiktionary
  7. tuff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tuff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. tuff: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tuff: Dictionary.com
  11. tuff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Tuff (band), Tuff (disambiguation), Tuff (instrumental), Tuff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Tuff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. tuff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. tuff: Rhymezone
  16. Tuff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. tuff: FreeDictionary.org
  18. tuff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. tuff: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. tuff: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tuff (rock), tuff: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TUFF: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bryological (No longer online)
  4. tuff: Dictionary of Geology
  5. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  6. tuff: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tuff, tuff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tuff: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See tuffaceous as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tuff)

noun:  (petrology) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
noun:  A surname.
adjective:  Eye dialect spelling of tough. [(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.]

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