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Meaning of dental floss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Extremely skimpy clothing.
    colloquial, humorous, sometimes, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Afrikaans tandevlos
العربية خَيْط أَسْنَان
བོད་སྐད སོ་སྐུད
Cymraeg edau ddanedd edau ddeintiol
Dansk tandtråd
Deutsch Zahnseide
Español hilo dental seda dental
Suomi hammaslanka
Français fil dentaire soie dentaire
Gaeilge flas fiacla
Magyar fogselyem
Italiano filo interdentale
日本語 デンタルフロス フロス
한국어 치실
Македонски забен конец
Nederlands tandzijde
Polski nić dentystyczna
Português fio dental
Русский зубная нить ни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в флосс
Svenska tandtråd
ไทย ไหมขัดฟัน
Türkçe diş ipi
Українська зубна́ ни́тка
Tiếng Việt chỉ nha khoa

Examples

“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.”
“[…] and watch⟳ them young girls walk⟳ by wearing dental floss for a bathing suit⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dental formula dental fricative dental hygienist dental identification dental notation dental pelican

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