frassとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /fɹæs/
• 韻: -æs

名詞

frass (countable and uncountable, plural frasses)

1. (entomology) The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
2. The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.
   • 1968, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin, number 2190, page 5:

     Examine the stalk, especially behind the sheaths, for holes and sawdustlike frass where the larvae have entered to tunnel in the stalk.

語源 2

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別の表記

• frassed

発音

• (MLE, London) IPA: [fræs(t)], [fras(t)]
• 韻: -æs, -æst

形容詞

frass (comparative frasser, superlative frassest) (MLE)

1. Under the influence of marijuana, stoned.

語源 3

Blend of fake +‎ grass

発音

• IPA: /fɹæs/, /fɹɑːs/
• 韻: -æs, -ɑːs

名詞

frass (uncountable)

1. (informal) artificial turf
   • 2015 May 30, Rob Kuznia, “California turns to fake grass in response to drought”, in The Guardian‎:

     Although purists object to artificial turf or ‘frass’, it finds purchase as way to save water in parched Golden State

語源 4

名詞

frass (plural frasses)

1. Alternative form of ferash.