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frasses

frasses is the plural of frass.

Meaning of frass

Noun (1)

frass (countable and uncountable, plural frasses)

  1. The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
  2. The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.
    • Examine the stalk, especially behind the sheaths, for holes and sawdustlike frass where the larvae have entered to tunnel in the stalk.1968, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin, number 2190, page 5

Noun (2)

frass (uncountable)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, informal) artificial turf
    • Although purists object to artificial turf or ‘frass’, it finds purchase as way to save water in parched Golden State2015 May 30, Rob Kuznia, “California turns to fake grass in response to drought”, in The Guardian

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Questions about frasses

What is frasses the plural of?
Frasses is the plural of frass.

Words near frasses in the dictionary

  1. Frasne
  2. Frasnian
  3. frass
  4. frassed
  5. frasser
  6. frasses
  7. frassest
  8. frasula
  9. frasulas
  10. Frasure
  11. Frasures

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