🔤 Tophe

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URDU

سنگِ ریت، ریتی پتھر
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
sang-e-ret, reyti pathar
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ENGLISH

📚noun
tophe
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: / t ɒ f /
Phonetic: tof
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DEFINITION

An alternative spelling of the noun toph , which refers to a type of sandy, usually porous, limestone or sandstone; a friable rock.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The ancient wall was constructed using blocks of local tophe , which had weathered over time. Geologists examined the layer of tophe to determine the sedimentary history of the region. The soft nature of the tophe made it easy for the early settlers to carve inscriptions. They found fossils embedded within the porous structure of the tophe rock. The quarry was known for yielding a distinctive yellowish variety of tophe .
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SYNONYMS

sandstone tufa limestone rock sediment

ANTONYMS

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