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floss

[flaws, flos] / flɔs, flɒs /


NOUN
dental floss
Synonyms
NOUN
fluff
Synonyms






Example Sentences

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The fabric pumpkins are then finished off with threaded floss and a fabric stem.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

They have a sour cherry with candy floss that is unlike anything I’ve ever had.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

Combine that with her doing the floss dance in the outfit and she had viewers, fellow contestants and even RuPaul crying with laughter.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

They’re in dental floss, food packaging, brake fluid, you name it.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2024

It is easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson