trass
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹɑːs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /tɹæs/
- Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs
Noun edit
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German tratz, tras.
Noun edit
trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Preposition edit
trass
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)
- spite, stubbornness, contrariness, defiance
- Han gjorde det på trass.
- He did it out of spite.
Derived terms edit
Preposition edit
trass
See also edit
- tross (Bokmål)
References edit
- “trass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.