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tephra

/ˈtɛ.fɹə/ UK, US

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From the Ancient Greek τέφρα (téphra, “ash”).

noun tephras

countable, uncountable The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas. The sky would have darkened with sheer volume of ash, the grapes would have withered upon the vine; misfortune would have fallen with the inexorability of volcanic tephra upon rich and poor alike.

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Français	téphra
Deutsch	pyroklastische Ablagerung, pyroklastisches Sediment, Pyroklastika
Русский	тефра tefra

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@misc{tephra_2026,
  title = {tephra},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tephra},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}