trass

English

Alternative forms

• tarrace, tarras, terras

Etymology

From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹɑːs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹæs/
• Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs

Noun

trass (countable and uncountable, plural trasses)

1. (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
2. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• Stars, sarts, stars, tsars

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German tratz, tras.

Noun

trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)

1. defiance, obstinacy

Derived terms

• trassig

Preposition

trass

1. in spite of

References

• “trass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “trass_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Presumably from German trotz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɑsː/

Noun

trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)

1. spite, stubbornness, contrariness, defiance

   Han gjorde det på trass.

   He did it out of spite.

Derived terms

• trassig

Preposition

trass

1. despite

See also

• tross (Bokmål)

References

• “trass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.