Tufa

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The calcareous and siliceous rock deposits of springs, lakes, or ground water.
  • n. See tuff.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the calcareous deposit of lime found near hot springs
  • n. the volcanic rock tuff
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.
  • A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A rock having a rough or cellular texture, sometimes a fragmental volcanic material, and sometimes a calcareous deposit from springs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash
  • n. a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    volcanic rock    stone    rock   
    Variant
    calcareous tufa   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tuff    pumice    breccia    scoria    peperino    clay-slate    sandstone    scoriae    porphyry    freestone   
     
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