frass
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/fɹæs/
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/fɹæs/ · [fræs(t)] · [fras(t)] · /fɹɑːs/
Definition of frass
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
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(countable, uncountable)The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.
“Examine the stalk, especially behind the sheaths, for holes and sawdustlike frass where the larvae have entered to tunnel in the stalk.”
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(Multicultural-London-English, informal, uncountable)artificial turf
“Although purists object to artificial turf or ‘frass’, it finds purchase as way to save water in parched Golden State”
- (Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of ferash.
adj
- (Multicultural-London-English)Under the influence of marijuana, stoned.
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Etymology
From German Fraß.
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