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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[So called from its inventor, a German jeweler: cf. F.

stras

(Chem.)

A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf.

strass ‎(countable and uncountable, plural strasses)

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

strass m ‎(uncountable)

strass m ‎(invariable)

strass m (uncountable)