Floss

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  • noun. Dental floss.
  • noun. Short or waste silk fibers, especially from the outer surface of the cocoon of a silkworm.
  • noun. Soft, loosely twisted thread, as of silk or cotton, used in embroidery.
  • noun. A downy or silky fibrous substance, such as corn silk or silk cotton.
  • intransitive verb. To clean between (teeth) with dental floss.
  • intransitive verb. To use dental floss.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small stream of water: used as a name in the extract.
  • noun. A fluid glass floating upon iron in a puddling-furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxids and earths.
  • noun. Same as floss-hole.
  • noun. The loose silk which envelops the cocoon-pod of the silkworm.
  • noun. A downy or silky substance inclosed by the husks of certain plants, as maize and milkweed.
  • noun. Same as floss-silk.
  • noun. The leaves of red canary-grass; also, the common rush.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
  • noun. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
  • noun. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.
  • noun. silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk.
  • noun. a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and floss yarn.
  • noun. A small stream of water.
  • noun. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
  • noun. The tap hole of a melting furnace.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small stream of water.
  • noun. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
  • noun. a thread, used to clean the area between the teeth
  • noun. silk fibres
  • noun. the fibres covering a corn cob
  • noun. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
  • noun. Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
  • verb. To clean the area between the teeth using floss.
  • verb. To show off, especially by exhibiting one’s wealth or talent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. use dental floss to clean
  • noun. a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
  • noun. a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
  • Word Usage
    "At least fairy floss is still affordable, though I'll be keeping a low profile this afternoon while hundreds of local children hit one almighty sugar crash!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    clean  cleanse  thread  yarn  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abbas  Alsace  Bos  Fosse  Haas  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blubber  breeze  butter  clay  cushion  
    variant
    silk  
    verb-form
    flossed  flossing