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US
/ˈfɫɑs/
]
[ UK /flˈɒs/ ]
[ UK /flˈɒs/ ]
NOUN
- a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
- a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
VERB
-
use dental floss to clean
floss your teeth after every meal
How To Use floss In A Sentence
- Flossing your teeth daily (or, at a pinch, using a mouthwash) can make you 6.4 years younger.
- Strolling vendors sold felt hats, plastic balls, ice cream and candyfloss.
- The Go-Betweens reside in a strange hinterland full of candyfloss and loneliness that hovers between critical adoration and public ignorance.
- Some people find it easier to use interdental brushes rather than floss.
- Waxed and unwaxed floss are the most common.
- The seats were wooden hard and the air filled with the smell of sawdust and candyfloss.
- I saw a child who was albino, the hair like floss, the eyes with points of pink in them that reached up and grabbed my soul.
- The wharves and warehouses on the Floss were busy again, with echoes of eager voices, with hopeful lading and unlading.
- Stemming from a Lambrusco variety grown in California, Sainsbury's says it has a distinctive but extremely sweet flavour and yet a surprising taste of candyfloss. Sainsbury's launches candyfloss-flavoured grapes
- Although "weak spots" the beginning of cavities may remineralize with luck and usually not with baby molars, you have to remember that once a cavity starts it will get worse even with great brushing/flossing. They Are Just Baby Teeth, Why Fix Them?