FLOSS

Floss

Floss may refer to: Dental floss, used to clean teeth, Embroidery thread, machine or hand-spun yarn for embroidery, Fairy floss or candyfloss, alternative names for cotton candy, Rousong, i.e. meat floss, Floss, a municipality in the district of Neustadt in Bavaria in Germany, Free and open source software, Free/Libre/Open Source Software, FLOSS Weekly, a podcast of the TWIT Network, Al Flosso, American magician, Gaston Flosse, French politician

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floss

Noun

  1. a thread, used to clean the area between the teeth
  2. (raw) silk fibres
  3. the fibres covering a corn cob
  4. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
    embroidery floss
  5. Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A small stream of water.
  2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

Verb

  1. To clean the area between the teeth using floss.
  2. To show off, especially by exhibiting one’s wealth or talent.


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