Get to know Frass better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Frass meaning
- The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
- The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.
Using Frass
- The main meaning on this page is: The droppings or excrement of insect larvae. | The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.
Context around Frass
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frass
- In this selection, "frass" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, excrement, fertiliser and pellets stand out and add context to how "frass" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include insect excrement frass can be and poop called frass is turned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frass" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frass
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The mealworm poop (called frass) is turned into organic fertilizer. (10 words)
For instance, insect excrement (frass) can be used as a premium fertiliser. (12 words)
The caterpillar of the silver-spotted skipper, I learned from “Caterpillars of Eastern North America,” uses an air-gun-like appendage in its anus to send its frass pellets soaring. (30 words)
As the black soldier fly larvae eat their way through food waste, they create a high-quality soil fertiliser, frass, as a by-product, and the maggots themselves become protein-rich animal feed. (33 words)
The caterpillar of the silver-spotted skipper, I learned from “Caterpillars of Eastern North America,” uses an air-gun-like appendage in its anus to send its frass pellets soaring. (30 words)
For instance, insect excrement (frass) can be used as a premium fertiliser. (12 words)
Example sentences (4)
For instance, insect excrement (frass) can be used as a premium fertiliser.
The caterpillar of the silver-spotted skipper, I learned from “Caterpillars of Eastern North America,” uses an air-gun-like appendage in its anus to send its frass pellets soaring.
As the black soldier fly larvae eat their way through food waste, they create a high-quality soil fertiliser, frass, as a by-product, and the maggots themselves become protein-rich animal feed.
The mealworm poop (called frass) is turned into organic fertilizer.