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Strass vs Trass - What's the difference?

strass | trass |

As nouns the difference between strass and trass

is that strass is a brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium while trass is a white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.

strass

English

Noun

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  • A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.
    • (Webster 1913) English eponyms ----

    trass

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tarrace * tarras * terras

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
  • A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
    • (Webster 1913)