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floss 音标拼音: [fl'ɑs] n. 丝棉,乱丝 丝棉,乱丝 floss n 1: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery 2: a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [ synonym: { dental floss}, { floss}] v 1: use dental floss to clean; " floss your teeth after every meal" Floss \ Floss\ (?; 195), n. [ It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See { Flux}, n.] 1. ( Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called { silk}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also { floxed silk}. { Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also { linen floss}, and { floss yarn}. -- McElrath. [ 1913 Webster]
Floss \ Floss\, n. [ Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. [ 1913 Webster] { Floss hole}. ( a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. ( b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " floss": blubber, breeze, butter, clay, cushion, dough, down, eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, fleece, flue, fluff, foam, fur, fuzz, kapok, lint, pile, pillow, plush, pudding, puff, putty, rubber, satin, silk, swansdown, thistledown, velvet, wax, wool, zephyr
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