"toph" meaning in English

See toph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /toʊf/ Forms: tophs [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tophus, tofus (“tufa, or tuft”). Compare tufa, tofus, tophus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tophus}} Latin tophus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} toph (countable and uncountable, plural tophs)
  1. (mineralogy) A kind of sandstone. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals

Inflected forms

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