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ALL meanings of floss

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  • noun floss Clean between (one's teeth) with dental floss. 1
  • noun floss the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree. 1
  • noun floss silk filaments with little or no twist, used in weaving as brocade or in embroidery. 1
  • noun floss any silky, filamentous matter, as the silk of corn. 1
  • noun floss dental floss. 1
  • verb without object floss to use dental floss on the teeth. 1
  • verb with object floss to clean (the teeth) with dental floss. 1
  • noun floss thread: cleans between teeth 1
  • intransitive verb floss use dental floss 1
  • noun floss thread for embroidery 1
  • uncountable noun floss You can use floss to refer to fine soft threads of some kind. 0
  • verb floss When you floss, you use a special kind of strong string to clean between your teeth and gums. 0
  • noun floss the mass of fine silky fibres obtained from cotton and similar plants 0
  • noun floss any similar fine silky material, such as the hairlike styles and stigmas of maize or the fibres prepared from silkworm cocoons 0
  • noun floss untwisted silk thread used in embroidery, etc 0
  • verb floss to clean (between one's teeth) with dental floss 0
  • noun floss the rough silk covering a silkworm's cocoon 0
  • noun floss the short, downy waste fibers of silk 0
  • noun floss a thread, used to clean the area between the teeth. 0
  • noun floss a soft, loosely twisted thread or yarn, as of silk (floss silk) or cotton, used in embroidery 0
  • noun floss (raw) silk fibres. 0
  • noun floss a soft, silky substance resembling floss, as in milkweed pods 0
  • noun floss the fibres covering a corn cob. 0
  • noun floss dental floss 0
  • noun floss Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other. 0
  • verb transitive floss to clean (the teeth) with dental floss 0
  • noun floss (Britain) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss". 0
  • noun floss A body feather of an ostrich. 0
  • noun floss (Britain) A small stream of water. 0
  • noun floss Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. 0
  • verb floss To clean the area between the teeth using floss. 0
  • verb floss (African American Vernacular) To show off, especially by exhibiting one’s wealth or talent. 0
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