dentifrice

en-noun

dentifrice (countable and uncountable, plural dentifrices)

From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.

der

Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.


toothpaste

en-noun

toothpaste (countable and uncountable, plural toothpastes)

From tooth + paste. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskepasta (“toothpaste”), West Frisian toskpoetserguod (“toothpaste”), Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”), German Zahnpasta, Zahnpaste (“toothpaste”), Danish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Swedish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Icelandic tannkrem (“toothpaste”).

cog

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.

you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube


toothbrush

From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).

A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.


tartar

en-noun

tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)

From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct.

A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.


dental floss

dental floss (usually uncountable, plural dental flosses)

A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth.


floss

floss (countable and uncountable, plural flosses)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *flos (attested in Middle English Flosmonger (a surname)), related to English fleece. Alternatively from French floche (“tuft of wool”), from floc, from Old French flosche (“down, velvet”), from Latin floccus (“piece of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokkō (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkô (“down, piece of wool, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”).
Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”), Dutch flos (“plush”) (tr=17c.).

der

A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

خَيْط أَسْنَان

a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth

(British) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".

A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.


floss

en-verb

floss (third-person singular simple present flosses, present participle flossing, simple past and past participle flossed)

flosses (present singular third-person)
flossing (participle present)
flossed (participle past)
flossed (past)

(intransitive) To perform the floss dance move.


floss

Origin obscure. Perhaps of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian flos, flus (“rind, scale, strip peeled off”).

unk

obscure

Juncus effusus
Juncus effusus#Translingual

(Northern England, Scotland) The common rush (Juncus effusus).


toothpick

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

عُود تَخْلِيل أَسْنَان

stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth


dental calculus

A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque.


electric toothbrush

en-noun

electric toothbrush (plural electric toothbrushes)

A toothbrush that uses electric power, usually supplied by a battery, to move the brush head rapidly.


bad breath

bad breath (countable and uncountable, plural bad breaths)

(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.


brush one's teeth

en-verb

brush one's teeth (third-person singular simple present brushes one's teeth, present participle brushing one's teeth, simple past and past participle brushed one's teeth)

brushes one's teeth (present singular third-person)
brushing one's teeth (participle present)
brushed one's teeth (participle past)
brushed one's teeth (past)

To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.)


tooth powder

en-noun

tooth powder (countable and uncountable, plural tooth powders)

1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.