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

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of strass¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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

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