dental floss

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolhilo dental seda dental

Françaisfil dentaire soie dentaire

DeutschZahnseide

21 more languages

Afrikaanstandevlos

العربيةخَيْط أَسْنَان

བོད་སྐད།སོ་སྐུད

Cymraegedau ddanedd edau ddeintiol

Suomihammaslanka

Gaeilgeflas fiacla

Magyarfogselyem

Italianofilo interdentale

日本語デンタルフロスフロス

한국어치실

Македонскизабен конец

Nederlandstandzijde

Polskinić dentystyczna

Portuguêsfio dental

Русскийзубная нить ни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в флосс

Svenskatandtråd

ไทยไหมขัดฟัน

Türkçediş ipi

Українськазубна́ ни́тка

Tiếng Việtchỉ 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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