| Floss 1. (n.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk. 2. (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. 3. (n.) A small stream of water. 4. (n.) Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. Thesaurus Entries blubber, breeze, butter, clay, cushion, dough, down, eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, fleece, flue, fluff, foam, fur, fuzz, kapok, lint, pile, pillow, plush, pudding, puff, putty, rubber, satin, silk, swansdown, thistledown, velvet, wax, wool, zephyr |