Floss

Definitions

1. A small stream of water.
   UK
2. The common rush (Juncus effusus).
   Northern-England, Scotland
3. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
   countable, uncountable
4. Abbreviation of free/libre/open source software.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
5. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
6. Raw silk fibres.
   countable, uncountable
7. The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
   countable, uncountable
8. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
   countable, uncountable
9. Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
   British, countable, uncountable
10. A body feather of an ostrich.
    countable, uncountable
11. A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“embroidery floss”

“Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.”

“FLOSS has proven to be an extremely valuable tool for accelerating research⟳ in various fields of IT and engineering in order⟳ to address the needs of society in the future.”

CEFR level