slovo | definícia |
Terras (gcide) | Terras \Ter"ras\, n. (Min.)
See ?rass.
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terras (gcide) | Trass \Trass\, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It.
terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.)
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. [Formerly written
also tarras, tarrace, terras.]
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Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft
grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
terrasse (encz) | terrasse, v: |
terras (gcide) | Terras \Ter"ras\, n. (Min.)
See ?rass.
[1913 Webster]Trass \Trass\, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It.
terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.)
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. [Formerly written
also tarras, tarrace, terras.]
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Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft
grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
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terrasse (wn) | terrasse
v 1: provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country
house" [syn: terrace, terrasse] |
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