floss

as in fur
a soft airy substance or covering used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard

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Recent Examples of floss Options include traditional floss, floss picks, and water flossers, which use a focused stream of water and air to remove food debris, bacteria, and plaque, according to Fatima Khan, DMD, a dentist and co-founder of Riven Oral Care. Elizabeth Yuko, Phd, Health, 31 Jan. 2025 Clean between your teeth with floss or an interdental brush (picks with bristles sold for that purpose) each day. Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025 For me, simple congee with pickles and pork floss was perfect to help with digestion after more than a week of decadent meals. Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025 Even the magnetic acoustic grilles flex some floss, with a sympathetic curve that hugs each speaker’s rounded top, leaving the front face’s gold logo exposed below. Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 13 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for floss

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“Floss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floss. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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