strass

[ stras ]

/ stræs /

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noun

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

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Origin of strass

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

Words nearby strass

strapping, strappy, strapwork, Strasberg, Strasbourg, strass, strata, stratagem, stratal, strata title, strategic

Other definitions for strass (2 of 2)

strass²

[ 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)

How to use strass in a sentence

At No. 58 lived Strass, the inventor of the simili-diamonds.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff
The artist had depicted him in a kaftan of crimson hue with large strass buttons; in his hand he held some sort of unusual flower.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories|Ivn Turgnieff
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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