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How to pronounce “tuff”
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Pronunciation guide for tuff
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tuff with real speech in context.
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- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question) 14 minutes, 41 seconds
is from a recent novel by Paul Beatty called "Tuff."
- Definition summary
- (petrology) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
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How to pronounce tuff
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question) 14 minutes, 41 seconds

is from a recent novel by Paul Beatty called "Tuff."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tuff”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (petrology) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
- [Adjective]
- (now often ironic) Eye dialect spelling of tough.
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