noun / verb
floss
FLAHSS/flɑːs/
Fine, soft thread used for close handwork.
Blue floss passes through a needle beside an embroidered flower.
Etymology
Floss first meant rough silk, then fine silk thread. The dental sense applies that thread meaning to cleaning between teeth; the word’s earlier ancestry remains uncertain.
In context
a bunch of different sizes, so the smaller ones are usually good to use between your actual teeth, just like floss, and the larger ones you can use between the brackets themselves.
More examples
- Separate the embroidery floss into strands before threading your needle.
- She chooses red floss for the embroidered petals.
- The needle carries a strand of floss through the cloth.
Forms
floss · flosses · flossed · flossing