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Meaning of "tufa" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUFA

From Italian tufo, from Late Latin tōfus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TUFA

tufa  [ˈtjuːfə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUFA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tufa is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUFA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tufa

Tufa

Tufa is a variety of limestone, formed by the precipitation of carbonate minerals from ambient temperature water bodies. Geothermally heated hot-springs sometimes produce similar carbonate deposits known as travertine. Tufa is sometimes referred to as travertine; care must be taken when searching through literature to prevent confusion with hot spring travertine. Calcareous tufa should not be confused with tuff, a porous volcanic rock with parallel etymological origins that is sometimes called "tufa".

Definition of tufa in the English dictionary

The definition of tufa in the dictionary is a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime Also called: calc-tufa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUFA


calc-tufa
ˈkælkˌtuːfə
chufa
ˈtʃuːfə
doofer
ˈduːfə
flameproofer
ˈfleɪmˌpruːfə
hoofer
ˈhuːfə
loofa
ˈluːfə
loofah
ˈluːfə
mothproofer
ˈmɒθˌpruːfə
proofer
ˈpruːfə
roofer
ˈruːfə
spoofer
ˈspuːfə
subwoofer
ˈsʌbˌwuːfə
twofer
ˈtuːfə
waterproofer
ˈwɔːtəˌpruːfə
woofer
ˈwuːfə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUFA

tufaceous
tuff
tuffaceous
tuffet
tufftaffeta
tufftaffety
tufoli
tuft
tuftaffeta
tuftaffety
tufted
tufted duck
tufted loosestrife
tufter
tuftily
tufty

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUFA

Alfa
alfalfa
buffa
fa
ffa
Haifa
jafa
Jaffa
luffa
nakfa
Nuku´alofa
Offa
opera buffa
pfa
sofa
sol-fa
Staffa
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Ufa
Urfa

Synonyms and antonyms of tufa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tufa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUFA

Find out the translation of tufa to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tufa from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tufa» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钙华
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

toba
570 millions of speakers

English

tufa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Tufa
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توفا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

туф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tufa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুনময় পাথর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tuf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tufa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tuffstein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石灰華
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석회화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tufa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngưng thôi thạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tufa
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टुफा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tüf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tufo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

martwica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

туф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tufa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίπαγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tufsteen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tuff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tufa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tufa

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUFA»

The term «tufa» is regularly used and occupies the 81.422 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TUFA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tufa» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tufa» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tufa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUFA»

Discover the use of tufa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tufa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and ...
Plate 2 Terrestrial Freshwater Carbonates: Travertine, Calcareous Tufa and Sinter Travertines, tufa and calcareous sinter are excellent paleoclimatic archives (Andrews et al. 2000). These carbonates and their corresponding water bodies can ...
Erik Flügel, 2010
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Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry
distinction is the incorporation of a tufa-cast design of Monument Valley. On a trip in the 1970s to visit his grandparents, Charlie became concerned that Monument Valley was inaccessible to Navajo people. He mainly uses imagery of this ...
Diana Pardue, Heard Museum, 2007
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Saltwater Aquariums For Dummies
Therefore, many fish-only aquariums typically have dead coral, tufa rock, or lava rock. On the other hand, a reef tank, by definition, has live invertebrates, including live corals and live rocks. This doesn't mean that you can't use other kinds of ...
Gregory Skomal, PhD, 2011
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The Columns of Ikaite Tufa in Ikka Fjord, Greenland
Abstract Paul Seaman and Bjorn Buchardt. The columns of ikaite tufa in Ikka Fjord, Greenland. - Meddelelser om Gronland Geoscience 44. Copenhagen, the Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland, 2006. In Ikka Fjord in Southwest ...
5
Engineering and Contracting
TYPICAL SAND BRIQUETTE TESTS, AT MONOLITH. CAL. continues, as far as observed, through a 5-year period, in four out of five brands tested. As tufa cements are high in silica, and as Straight cements which are slow in hardening show ...
‎1912
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Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great ...
Locally, discontinuous outcrops of beach rock are cemented by tufa carbonate ( as opposed to pedogenic carbonate). Cosmogenic 36ClAge Estimate In 1996, Fred M. Phillips in the company of Antony and Amalie Jo Orme sampled the tufa ...
Marith C. Reheis, Robert Hershler, David M. Miller, 2008
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Ground Penetrating Radar in Sediments
Consequently, very little three-dimensional (3-D) internal detail has been resolved in tufa deposits. Nevertheless, tufa sites are becoming increasingly important to the non-sedimentologist. This is partly because tufa deposits are virtually the ...
C. S. Bristow, Harry M. Jol, 2003
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Late Quaternary Paleoecology in the Bonneville Basin
Results for Provo tufas fall within a relatively narrow range of 0.7113-0.7119 ( table V), demonstrating substantial but not complete mixing of the lake waters prior to tufa formation. The pattern of 87Sr/86Sr ratios is systematic and predictable.
David B. Madsen, 2000
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From Paleozoic to Quaternary: A Field Trip from the ...
Lithology: (1) dark brown humic soil with small limestone and tufa clasts with a layer of tufa scree at the base, (2) brown humic soil with limestone clasts and a layer oflimestone scree, (3) light brown extremely loose tufa mixed with brown soil ...
Ludwig Zöller, 2012
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The Rock Book
Aragonite, however, is not stablei water seeping or trickling through the newly formed tufa turns the mineral into the stronger, more durable calcite. As more and more calcite is formed the rock becomes travertine. North America's most famous  ...
Carroll Lane Fenton, Mildred Adams Fenton, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUFA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tufa is used in the context of the following news items.
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Great North revenge mission for record-breaker Keitany
Like Tufa, Britain's Gemma Steel – who finished runner-up to Keitany last year in 1:08:13 – had already been confirmed in the 2015 line-up. Ethiopians Birhane ... «International Association of Athletics Federations, Jul 15»
2
Feuding turns mystical, musical in 'Long Black Curl'
In "Long Black Curl," the latest installment in Alex Bledsoe's Tufa series, Appalachian blood feuds recur through the generations like repetitions of an Irish reel. «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Book Review: Feuding turns mystical and musical in 'Long Black Curl'
In “Long Black Curl,” the latest installment in the “Tufa” series by Memphis native Alex Bledsoe, Appalachian blood feuds recur through the generations like ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
4
Tufa takes on Steel at Great North Run
London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa will face European cross-country champion Gemma Steel at the Morrisons Great North Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road ... «International Association of Athletics Federations, Jun 15»
5
Tufa tunes: Author Alex Bledsoe uses music to make a mood
The Mount Horeb author of 15 books in the fantasy and horror genres just released “Long Black Curl,” the third book in his series about the Tufa, a mysterious ... «Madison.com, Jun 15»
6
Taos Adobe Tufa Pots and Planters to debut at street sale
Dianne Pola will hold a Taos Adobe Tufa Pots & Planters street sale Thursday (May 7) and Friday (May 8) in front of Old Martina's Hall. She will have around one ... «taosnews, May 15»
7
Eliud Kipchoge and Tigist Tufa both spring shocks at the London …
Left, Tigist Tufa of Ethiopia poses with the trophy after winning the women's race in the London Marathon; right, winner of the men's race, Eliud Kipchoge of ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Marathon de Londres : Kipchoge à l'ancienne, Tufa passe la première
Peu importe, Eliud Kipchoge chez les hommes (2h04'42'') et Tigist Tufa chez les femmes (2h23'22''), ne retiendront que la victoire sur une boucle aussi ... «BFMTV.COM, Apr 15»
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Tigist Tufa is Surprise Women's Winner of London Marathon
Tigist Tufa, an Ethiopian who has lived in the Bronx, won the London Marathon with a surprise break in the 23rd mile, finishing in 2:23:22. Tufa's perfectly judged ... «Runner's World Newswire, Apr 15»
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Ethiopian Tigist Tufa wins London Marathon to end four years of …
Ethiopia's Tigist Tufa ended Kenya's domination of the women's race at the Virgin Money London Marathon with a shock victory on Sunday. The 28-year-old, ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»

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