floss

[Floss]

Floss is what you use to clean between your teeth. Dental floss is a strong, thick thread that can reach small pieces of food in tight spaces.

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The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

Noun
a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth

Noun
a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery

Verb
use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"

n.
The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

n.
Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.

n.
A small stream of water.

n.
Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

Floss

Floss (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk. -- Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and floss yarn. McElrath.

Floss

Floss, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [Eng.] 2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. Floss hole. (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. Knight.

The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

A small stream of water.

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Never floss with a stranger.

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