Found 4 items, similar to floss.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: floss serat sutra
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak) Definition: flos floss
English → English (WordNet) Definition: floss floss n 1: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery 2: a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [syn: dental floss] v : use dental floss to clean; “floss your teeth after every meal”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Floss 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]