floss

hilo dental

Hilo fino que se usa para quitar restos de comida entre los dientes.

En inglés sencillo: Thin thread used to remove food from between your teeth.

• I use floss every evening.
• The dentist gave me some dental floss.
• This floss slides easily between my teeth.

Sinónimos: dental floss

Expresiones frecuentes: dental floss, use floss, waxed floss

algodón de azúcar

Dulce ligero y esponjoso hecho de finos hilos de azúcar.

En inglés sencillo: A light, fluffy sweet made from thin threads of sugar.

• We shared some candy floss.
• Pink floss stuck to her fingers.
• The stall sells bags of freshly made candy floss.

Sinónimos: cotton candy, candy floss

Expresiones frecuentes: candy floss, pink floss, sugar floss

hilo de bordar

Hilo suave, usado para bordar, formado por varias hebras finas sin retorcerlas mucho.

En inglés sencillo: A soft material made of several thin threads lying together without being tightly twisted.

• She bought red embroidery floss.
• Thread the needle with silk floss.
• Separate two strands from the cotton floss before stitching.

Sinónimos: thread

Expresiones frecuentes: embroidery floss, silk floss, cotton floss

pluma corporal de avestruz

Pluma suave que sale del cuerpo de un avestruz.

En inglés sencillo: A soft feather from the body of an ostrich.

• A soft floss fell from the ostrich.
• The female bird’s flosses were grey.
• Black flosses covered the male’s body.

Expresiones frecuentes: ostrich floss, soft floss

usar hilo dental

Limpiar los espacios entre los dientes con hilo dental.

En inglés sencillo: To clean between your teeth using a thin thread.

• I floss my teeth every night.
• She brushed and flossed before bed.
• Do you floss after eating?

Expresiones frecuentes: floss your teeth, floss every day, brush and floss