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strass

1

[ stras ]

noun

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


strass

2

[ stras ]

noun

  1. silk waste produced in making skeins.

strass

/ stræs /

noun

  1. jewellery another word for paste 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of strass1

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

At No. 58 lived Strass, the inventor of the simili-diamonds.

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.

Of the transparent glass paste termed Stras or Strass we have already spoken.

In the glass known as strass, used to make imitation Diamonds, the adamantine luster is well imitated.

The first little town that reckons in the Zillerthal is Strass, a very unpretending place, and then Schlitters.

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