TEPHRA


Meaning of TEPHRA in English

[teph.ra] n [NL, fr. Gk, ashes; akin to Skt dahati it burns--more at foment] (1944): solid material ejected into the air during a volcanic eruption; esp:

[2]ash 2b

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