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Definitions for Floss

[1] the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
[2] silk filaments with little or no twist, used in weaving as brocade or in embroidery.
[3] any silky, filamentous matter, as the silk of corn.
[4] dental floss.
[5] to use dental floss on the teeth.
[6] to clean (the teeth) with dental floss.
[7] the mass of fine silky fibres obtained from cotton and similar plants
[8] any similar fine silky material, such as the hairlike styles and stigmas of maize or the fibres prepared from silkworm cocoons
[9] untwisted silk thread used in embroidery, etc
[10] See dental floss
[11] (tr) to clean (between one's teeth) with dental floss

Words related to Floss

cord, wire, string, yarn, hair, fiber, strand, filament, wool, ribbon, cotton, silk, embellishment, ornament, fuzz, lint, braid, gossamer, lisle, fibril

Words nearby Floss

floruit, florula, flory, floréal, flos ferri, floss, floss hole, flossie, flossy, flotage, flotation

Origin of Floss

1750–60; probably < French floche, as in soie floche floss silk, Old French flosche down, velvet pile (of uncertain origin)

Other words from Floss

floss·er , noun

Word origin for Floss

C18: perhaps from Old French flosche down

Synonyms for Floss

cord, cotton, fiber, filament, hair, ribbon, strand, string, wire, wool, yarn, braid, fibril, gossamer, lisle