floss
/flɔs/ noun B1- A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
- Raw silk fibres.
- The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
- Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other. · embroidery floss
- A body feather of an ostrich. · Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.
- 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.
Plural flosses
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