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Definition: TRASS |
TRASSNoun1. A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. |
Etymology: Trass \Trass\, noun. [from Dutch expression tras or Greek trass, probably from Italian terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A common name in the older literature for unwelded massive ash and pumice-flow deposits. Trass has been used in the production of pozzolancement. CF:ignimbrite. (references) |
Public Administration | A natural prozzolan of volcanic origin. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TRASS |
| English words defined with "TRASS": Tarrace, Tarras. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TRASS": Tarrace, Tarras. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "TRASS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Manx (third), Norwegian (defiance). |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "TRASS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Trass | Last name | 100 | 77,003 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TRASS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الطراس صخر بركاني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трас, пуцолан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trass. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tras. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trass, terre de trass. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Trass. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γη του τράσση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | trassz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | terra di trass. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asstray terra de trass. (various references) трас. (various references) tras. (various references) tierra de trass. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TRASS": trasses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "TRASS": matrass, mattrass, strass. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TRASS": matrasses, mattrasses, strasses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: stars, tsars. | |
| Words within the letters "a-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: arts, rats, star, tars, tass, tsar. | |
-2 letters: ars, art, ass, ras, rat, sat, tar, tas. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: assert, assort, asters, karsts, roasts, satyrs, scarts, sistra, sitars, smarts, sprats, stairs, stares, starts, straps, strass, straws, strays, sutras, tarsus, tussar. | |
+2 letters: actress, aorists, aristas, aristos, arrests, artists, artless, asserts, assorts, astrals, aurists, basters, breasts, casters, castors, costars, easters, estrays, fasters, gasters, instars, lasters, masters, matrass, pasters, pastors, racists, rapists, rashest, rasters, recasts, repasts, reseats, sacrist, salters, santirs, santurs, sartors, sataras, satires, satoris, satraps, searest, seaters, skaters, slaters, sparest, stagers, starers, starets, startsy, starves, staters, stators, stayers, strafes, strains, straits, strakes, strands, stratas, straths, stratus, streaks, streams, strumas, swarths, tarsals, tarsias, tasters, teasers, tessera, trashes, trasses, tsarism, tsarist, tussars, wasters. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 52 41 53 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01010010 01000001 01010011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T R A S S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0052 0041 0053 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5452355353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Names: Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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