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strass

1 American  
[stras] / stræs /

noun

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

strass 2 American  
[stras] / stræs /

noun

  1. silk waste produced in making skeins.

strass British  
/ stræs /

noun

  1. jewellery another word for paste 1

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Etymology

Origin of strass1

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

Origin of strass2

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

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