floss
noun
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
flosser
-
a word derived from
floss.
Example Sentences
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“Although I’m quite a religious flosser, she always gets out the pickax and starts hacking away bits of hardened plaque,” he said on a video call from his superyacht, Nahlin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
To supplement your oral-care routine, consider adding a water flosser, such as the popular Waterpik.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2022
A plastic tool, like a flosser, is a safer option for scraping earwax or other buildups from around the edge.
From Fox News ● Jan. 16, 2022
You might think this would be a reason not to buy fancy floss, but I told myself that maybe it would be what motivated me to become a flosser.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2020
Did they debate whether a softy like Hayes would be a daily flosser, and is that bad too?
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2019
