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strass

/stɹas/

strass noun: a rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.

strass: a rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting...
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Noun

strass (countable and uncountable, plural strasses)

  1. A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.

strass meaning in Tamil

strass in Tamil

மணிக்கற் களி

Forms of strass

pluralstrasses

Origin of strass

Borrowed from French strass, after its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

Words that rhyme with strass

Questions about strass

What does strass mean?
Strass means a rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.
What is strass in Tamil?
Strass in Tamil is மணிக்கற் களி. See Strass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is strass?
Strass is a noun.
How do you pronounce strass?
Strass is pronounced /stɹas/.
What is the plural of strass?
The plural of strass is strasses.

Words near strass in the dictionary

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  2. Strasburgh
  3. Strasburgh turpentine
  4. Strashimir
  5. strashimirite
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  7. Strassburg
  8. Strassburgian
  9. Strassburgians
  10. Strassburgs
  11. Strassen algorithm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strass (page history and authors); strass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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