Associations to the word «Tuff»

Wiktionary

TUFF, noun. (rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
TUFF, adjective. Eye dialect spelling of tough.

Dictionary definition

TUFF, noun. Hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats