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floss F0197800 (flôs, flŏs)n.1. Dental floss.2. Short or waste silk fibers, especially from the outer surface of the cocoon of a silkworm.3. Soft, loosely twisted thread, as of silk or cotton, used in embroidery.4. A downy or silky fibrous substance, such as corn silk or silk cotton.v. flossed, floss·ing, floss·es v.tr. To clean between (teeth) with dental floss.v.intr. To use dental floss.
[Perhaps alteration of French floche, tuft of wool, from Old French floc, floche, from Latin floccus.]
floss′er n.floss (flɒs) n1. (Biology) the mass of fine silky fibres obtained from cotton and similar plants2. (Biology) any similar fine silky material, such as the hairlike styles and stigmas of maize or the fibres prepared from silkworm cocoons3. (Knitting & Sewing) untwisted silk thread used in embroidery, etc4. (Dentistry) See dental flossvb (Dentistry) to clean (between one's teeth) with dental floss[C18: perhaps from Old French flosche down]floss (flɔs, flɒs)
n. 1. the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree. 2. a. short untwisted silk filaments, often used to make embroidery thread. b. embroidery thread of silk or fine cotton. 3. any silky, filamentous matter, as the silk of corn. 4. dental floss. v.i. 5. to use dental floss on the teeth. v.t. 6. to clean (the teeth) with dental floss. Also called floss′ silk` (for defs. 1–3).[1750–60; probably < French floche, as in soie floche floss silk]floss′er, n. floss - A word for untwisted filaments of silk used in making embroidery or satin.See also related terms for silk.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | floss - a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroiderythread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | | 2. |  floss - a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teethdental flossthread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | | Verb | 1. | floss - use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" |
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the flossA dance move involving swaying the hips from side to side while simultaneously moving the arms in the opposite direction and in front of and behind the hips. All my students are doing the floss now, and I still don't know how to do the Dougie.See also: flossbutt flossslang A thong, a type of underwear or bikini bottom with a strip of fabric that goes between the buttocks (likened to dental floss between two teeth). How do people wear butt floss like that at the beach? It's so embarrassing! I could never wear butt floss—it's too uncomfortable.See also: butt, flossbutt thongAnother name for a thong, a type of underwear or bikini bottom with a strip of fabric that goes between the buttocks. How do people wear butt thongs like that at the beach? It's so embarrassing! I could never wear a butt thong—it's too uncomfortable.See also: buttbutt thong and butt floss n. a thong bathing costume. (Mildly objectionable.) You’re not going to wear that butt thong in public are you? My mother called my bathing suit “butt-floss!” See also: buttbutt floss verbSee butt thongSee also: butt, flossfloss
floss1. the mass of fine silky fibres obtained from cotton and similar plants 2. any similar fine silky material, such as the hairlike styles and stigmas of maize or the fibres prepared from silkworm cocoons 3. See dental flossfloss[fläs] (metallurgy) Molten or solid slag floating on the surface of a metal melt. FLOSS(Free, Libre and Open Source Software) See free software and open source.FLOSS
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Synonyms for flossnoun a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroideryRelated Wordsnoun a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teethSynonymsRelated Wordsverb use dental floss to cleanRelated WordsDictionarySeefloss |