Meaning of frass | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
   countable, uncountable
2. artificial turf
   Multicultural-London-English, informal, uncountable
3. The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

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