Definitions for tufa

tufa tu·fa

Spelling: [too-fuh, tyoo-]
IPA: /ˈtu fə, ˈtyu-/

Tufa is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in tufa (aftu).

Definitions for tufa

noun

  1. Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like. Compare travertine.
  2. (not in technical use) tuff 2 .

Origin of tufa

1760-70; Italian tufo Latin tōfus

Examples for tufa

The Italians call it tufa; and it is in general use for building.

Most of them are of tufa covered with stucco; the rest are of fine-grained limestone.

The seats were of masonry capped with slabs of tufa about seven inches thick.

tufa is found all over the Campagna, and is of volcanic origin.

The material is generally lava, but tufa and limestone are also found.

Most of the churches and palaces and houses of Orvieto were also built of tufa.

The material was in most cases gray, occasionally yellow, tufa.

The Doric columns were of tufa, coated with fine white stucco.

The colonnade about the court was built of tufa, and coated with white stucco.

In style and construction this colonnade belongs to the tufa Period (p. 40).

Word Value for tufa
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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