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strass

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /stɹas/
  • rhymes with -as

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

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

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