strass

[ stras ]

/ stræs /

noun

a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.

Nearby words

strapping, strappy, strapwork, strasberg, strasbourg, strass, strata, strata title, stratagem, stratal, strategic

Origin of strass

1810–20; < German, named after J. Strasser, 18th-century German jeweler who invented it

Definition for strass (2 of 2)

strass

[ stras ]

/ stræs /

noun

silk waste produced in making skeins.

Origin of strass

1855–60; < French strasse < Italian straccio, noun derivative of stracciare to tear < Vulgar Latin *extractiare, derivative of Latin extractus (see extract)

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Examples from the Web for strass

From strass 7000 gr.; pure calcined sesquioxide of iron (trocus martis), 65 gr.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
At No. 58 lived Strass, the inventor of the simili-diamonds.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff
Of the transparent glass paste termed Stras or Strass we have already spoken.
Jewellery|H. Clifford Smith,
In the glass known as strass, used to make imitation Diamonds, the adamantine luster is well imitated.
Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902]|Various

The first little town that reckons in the Zillerthal is Strass, a very unpretending place, and then Schlitters.
The Valleys of Tirol|R. H. Busk

British Dictionary definitions for strass

strass

/ (stræs) /

noun

jewellery another word for paste 1 (def. 6)

Word Origin for strass

C19: German, named after J. Strasser, 18th-century German jeweller who invented it

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