Floss

Quick meaning: Floss is a noun meaning A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

Meaning

A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

More Meanings

1. Raw silk fibres.
2. The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
3. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
4. (British) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
5. A body feather of an ostrich.
6. A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.
7. (ambitransitive) To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.

Example Sentences

embroidery floss

I don't floss very often.

I floss my teeth twice a day.

It's impossible to floss wealth without attracting envy.

Word Forms

• flosses
• flossing
• flossed

Synonyms for floss

Depending on context, synonyms include flamboast, high-side, stunt, boulevardier, exhibitionize, flaunt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include toothbrush, tissue, yarn, thread, seta, wire.

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