🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Hilo dental

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hilo dental

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flosser/ˈflɒs.ər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #15000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El uso del hilo dental es crucial para mantener los dientes limpios."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A tool or device used to clean between the teeth with dental floss.

    "Using a flosser daily can significantly improve your dental hygiene."
  2. 2

    A person who uses dental floss to clean their teeth.

    "As a dedicated flosser, she never skips her nightly routine."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'flosser' is derived from the verb 'floss', which originated in the early 19th century, likely from the Middle English 'flos', meaning 'to flow'. The suffix '-er' indicates a person or thing that performs a specific action, thus 'flosser' refers to a device or person that uses floss.

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