floss

About 0.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
2. noun Raw silk fibres.
3. noun The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
4. noun Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.

   embroidery floss

5. noun Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
6. noun A body feather of an ostrich.

   Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.

7. noun 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.
8. verb To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.

   I don't floss very often.

Similar words

dental floss toothbrush tissue yarn thread seta wire fil silk unwaxed

Often followed by

silk and is or to in for of your

Word family

flossed flosses flossing