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For example, the brand’s signature dental floss, $10, comes in unexpected flavors like Passion Fruit, Confetti Cake and Gelato Affogato.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Halloween Costumes On a typical Halloween night in the ‘90s, kids roamed the streets trick-or-treating with their vision blurred by flimsy plastic masks held together by a single piece of string that closely resembled dental floss.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 20 Sep. 2024
The researchers attempted to make connections to dental floss containing PFAS, or microwave popcorn, which typically comes in bags lined with the chemicals.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
Watch out, dental floss—water flossers are coming for the throne.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
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“Dental floss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dental%20floss. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
dental floss
noun
: a thread used to clean between the teeth
Medical Definition
dental floss
noun
: a thread used to clean between the teeth
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