"dental floss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dental flosses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|es}} dental floss (usually uncountable, plural dental flosses)
  1. A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Dental hygiene, Toiletries Translations (cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth): tandevlos (Afrikaans), خَيْط أَسْنَان (ḵayṭ ʔasnān) (Arabic), ատամի թել (atami tʻel) (Armenian), коне́ц за зъ́би (konéc za zǎ́bi) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 齒線 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 齿线 (khí-soàⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 牙線 (Chinese Cantonese), 牙线 (ngaa⁴ sin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 牙線 (Chinese Mandarin), 牙线 (yáxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), zubní nit [feminine] (Czech), tandtråd [common-gender] (Danish), tandzijde [feminine] (Dutch), hambaniit (Estonian), hammaslanka (Finnish), fil dentaire [masculine] (French), soie dentaire [Canada, feminine] (French), Zahnseide [feminine] (German), οδοντόνημα (odontónima) [neuter] (Greek), οδοντική μέταξα (odontikí métaxa) (english: medical) [feminine] (Greek), οδοντικό νήμα (odontikó níma) [neuter] (Greek), दंत-लोमक (dant-lomak) (Hindi), fogselyem (Hungarian), tannþráður [masculine] (Icelandic), flas fiacla [masculine] (Irish), filo interdentale [masculine] (Italian), デンタルフロス (dentaru furosu) (Japanese), フロス (furosu) (Japanese), тіс жібі (tıs jıbı) (Kazakh), 치실 (chisil) (Korean), за́бен ко́нец (záben kónec) [masculine] (Macedonian), miro niho (Maori), шүдний утас (šüdnii utas) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠰᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ (sidün-ü utasu) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), awókʼiz análdiłí (Navajo), tanntråd [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tanntråd [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nić dentystyczna (Polish), fio dental [masculine] (Portuguese), ни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в (nítka dlja čístki zubóv) [feminine] (Russian), зубна́я нить (zubnája nitʹ) [feminine] (Russian), флосс (floss) [masculine] (Russian), sirova svila [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zubná niť (Slovak), hilo dental [masculine] (Spanish), seda dental [feminine] (Spanish), tandtråd [common-gender] (Swedish), ไหมขัดฟัน (mǎi-kàt-fan) (Thai), སོ་སྐུད (so skud) (Tibetan), diş ipi (Turkish), зубна нитка (zubna nytka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), چىش يىپى (chish yipi) (Uyghur), chỉ nha khoa (Vietnamese)
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          "word": "ատամի թել"
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          "roman": "konéc za zǎ́bi",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "tandzijde"
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "hammaslanka"
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "fil dentaire"
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          "word": "soie dentaire"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "Zahnseide"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "odontónima",
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          "english": "medical",
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          "roman": "odontikí métaxa",
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          "roman": "odontikó níma",
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          "word": "οδοντικό νήμα"
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "tannþráður"
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          "word": "flas fiacla"
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          "word": "filo interdentale"
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          "roman": "dentaru furosu",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "デンタルフロス"
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          "roman": "tıs jıbı",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "치실"
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          "word": "за́бен ко́нец"
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "miro niho"
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          "roman": "šüdnii utas",
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          "word": "шүдний утас"
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          "code": "mn",
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          "roman": "sidün-ü utasu",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "awókʼiz análdiłí"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "tanntråd"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "nić dentystyczna"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "fio dental"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nítka dlja čístki zubóv",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zubnája nitʹ",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "зубна́я нить"
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          "roman": "floss",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "word": "флосс"
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "zubná niť"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hilo dental"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "seda dental"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tandtråd"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mǎi-kàt-fan",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "ไหมขัดฟัน"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "so skud",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "སོ་སྐུད"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "diş ipi"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zubna nytka",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зубна нитка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "chish yipi",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "چىش يىپى"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
          "word": "chỉ nha khoa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dental floss"
}
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
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        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
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        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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        "Terms with Maori translations",
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        "A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth."
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "tandevlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵayṭ ʔasnān",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "خَيْط أَسْنَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "atami tʻel",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "ատամի թել"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "konéc za zǎ́bi",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коне́ц за зъ́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "牙線"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngaa⁴ sin³",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "牙线"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "齒線"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "khí-soàⁿ",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "齿线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "牙線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yáxiàn",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "牙线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zubní nit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tandtråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tandzijde"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "hambaniit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "hammaslanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fil dentaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soie dentaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zahnseide"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "odontónima",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "οδοντόνημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "medical",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "odontikí métaxa",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οδοντική μέταξα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "odontikó níma",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "οδοντικό νήμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dant-lomak",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "दंत-लोमक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "fogselyem"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tannþráður"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flas fiacla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filo interdentale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dentaru furosu",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "デンタルフロス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furosu",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "フロス"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tıs jıbı",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "тіс жібі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chisil",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "치실"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záben kónec",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́бен ко́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "miro niho"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šüdnii utas",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шүдний утас"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sidün-ü utasu",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠰᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "awókʼiz análdiłí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanntråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanntråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "nić dentystyczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fio dental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nítka dlja čístki zubóv",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zubnája nitʹ",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зубна́я нить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "floss",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "флосс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sirova svila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "zubná niť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hilo dental"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seda dental"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tandtråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mǎi-kàt-fan",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "ไหมขัดฟัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "so skud",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "སོ་སྐུད"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "diş ipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zubna nytka",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зубна нитка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "chish yipi",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "چىش يىپى"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
      "word": "chỉ nha khoa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dental floss"
}

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