duff

¹duff

noun \ˈdəf\

Definition of DUFF

1

: a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit

2

: the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor

3

: fine coal : slack

Origin of DUFF

English dialect, alteration of dough

First Known Use: 1816

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with DUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff