n.
1. Dental floss.
2. Short or
waste silk fibers, especially from the outer surface of the cocoon of a silkworm.
3. Soft, loosely
twisted thread, as of silk or cotton, used in embroidery.
4. A downy or silky fibrous substance, such as corn silk or silk cotton.
5. A body feather of an ostrich.
6. A small stream of water.
7. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
v. tr.
To clean between (
teeth) with dental floss.
v. intr.
To use dental floss.