dental floss

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dental floss

noun dental flosses

  1. uncountable, usually A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
  2. colloquial, humorous, sometimes, uncountable, usually, in similes Extremely skimpy clothing. She was wearing a bikini top, but she may as well have been wearing dental floss, as the bikini top barely even covered her nipples and areolas.

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noun cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth

Españolhilo dental/dentario/dentífrico, seda dental
한국어치실 chisil, 플로스 peulloseu
日本語デンタルフロス dentaru furosu, フロス furosu
中文牙線 /牙线 yáxiàn
हिन्दीदंत-लोमक dant-lomak
Kiswahiliuzi wa meno
Portuguêsfio dental
Françaisfil dentaire, soie dentaire
DeutschZahnseide
Italianofilo interdentale
Ελληνικάοδοντόνημα odontónima, οδοντική μέταξα odontikí métaxa, οδοντικό νήμα odontikó níma
Românăață dentară
Русскийни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в nítka dlja čístki zubóv, зубна́я нить zubnája nitʹ, флосс floss
Tiếng Việtchỉ nha khoa
العربيةخَيْط أَسْنَان ḵayṭ ʔasnān, خَيْط سِنِّيّ ḵayṭ sinniyy

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@misc{dental_floss_2026,
  title = {dental floss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dental%20floss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}