noun Download 🔗Share Dough. Examples : "The baker carefully measured the duff before placing it in the oven. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed. Examples : "For dessert, Grandma served a large, steaming duff with a dollop of custard. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums. Examples : "For dessert, Grandma made a delicious plum duff with warm custard. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor. Examples : "The hiker carefully stepped over the soft duff of pine needles and decaying leaves that covered the forest floor. " environment nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal. Examples : "After sifting through the coal, all that remained was a pile of unusable duff. " material substance fuel industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite. Examples : "The old coal furnace burned best when it was stoked with both large lumps of coal and a layer of fine duff. " material substance fuel Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mixture of coal and rock. Examples : "The coal miners had to sort through the duff to find the usable pieces of coal. " material geology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs. Examples : "After the kids devoured the bag of cookies, only a pile of crumbs and duff remained. " food item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing. Examples : "The expensive-looking watch he was selling turned out to be a duff; it stopped working after only a few hours. " thing item value negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (1800s) An error. Examples : ""The accountant discovered a duff in the financial report, so he had to recalculate the expenses." " language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Worthless; not working properly, defective. Examples : "Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?" quality condition technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The buttocks. Examples : "He landed hard on his duff after slipping on the ice. " body anatomy part human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To disguise something to make it look new. Examples : "She tried to duff up her old backpack with colorful patches and new zippers to make it look like she'd bought it recently. " appearance style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle. Examples : "The rancher suspected his neighbor was trying to duff his cattle by changing the brand on their hides before selling them at the market. " property police business agriculture animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with "up") To beat up. Examples : "I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend." action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hit the ground behind the ball. Examples : "During his golf lesson, the student accidentally duffed the ball, sending a divot of grass flying instead. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. Examples : "The musician skillfully struck the duff, its deep, resonant sound filling the cafe with traditional Middle Eastern music. " music sound culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading