floss

En français : barbe à papa

1. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth. (countable, uncountable)
2. Raw silk fibres. (countable, uncountable)
3. The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans. (countable, uncountable)
4. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other. (countable, uncountable) · embroidery floss
5. A body feather of an ostrich. (countable, uncountable) · Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.
6. 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. (countable, uncountable)

Pluriel flosses