trass
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.
Noun
trass (countable and uncountable, plural trasses)
- (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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German tratz, tras
Noun
trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)
Derived terms
Preposition
trass
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
trass m (definite singular trassen, uncountable)
or
trass n (definite singular trasset, uncountable)
- spite, stubbornness, contrariness, defiance
- Han gjorde det på trass.
- He did it out of spite.
- Han gjorde det på trass.
Derived terms
Preposition
trass
See also
- tross (Bokmål)
References
- “trass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
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Noun
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