floss
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
Types & categories
- thread hypernym
Related & opposite
- downy derivation
Sense 2 verb
use dental floss to clean
floss your teeth after every meal
Types & categories
- cleanse hypernym
Related & opposite
- dental floss derivation
Sense 3 noun
a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
Types & categories
- thread hypernym
Related & opposite
- floss derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | downy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thread |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dental floss |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cleanse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | floss |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | thread |