towel
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- noun
- /ˈtaʊəl/
:
toalla
- The hotel provided fluffy white towels in the bathroom for guests.
- paper towels
- wet towel
- dry with paper towels
Just make your hand towels a normal person size.
- Just make your hand towels a normal person size.
- Grab myself a towel, dry my hands off.
- This black towel still black in UV.
- You have to use a wet towel, paper towel to wipe it down.
- And I do I hang up the towels when I get out of the shower.
- You splash into a room of the fluffiest towels and pillows ever.
- I got a beach towel and a beach towel.
- You know, you need towels, you need soaps, you need silverware.
- I'm pretty sure I covered everything from towel lights to Instagram plugs.
Examples
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Facing the mirror, she wrapped a towel over her head, another around her body, and waited.
Fiction book (1990) -
Grab myself a towel, dry my hands off.
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Give me a towel, will you?
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At the door, he handed me the towel and said, "You want a drink?"
Fiction book (1990) -
Let me get you some fresh towels.
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Do we have any towels?
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Leave the white towel on top of the camera and lens to keep them cooler.
Academic text (2007) -
The difference between your folded towel and your clean towel is a trip to the laundry.
Fiction book (1990) -
They come in two sizes, full size beach towel and gym towel.
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Hey, I need you to get me blankets, towels, anything we can use as bandages, okay?
Synonyms
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A disposable paper sheet that soaks up water to dry hands or clean spills
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A small towel for drying your hands or face
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A large towel used to dry yourself after swimming at the beach
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A large cloth that dries your body after a bath or shower
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A towel for drying dishes after they are washed
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A cloth for drying washed dishes and cutlery
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A thick cloth from Turkey that dries your body after a bath
A towel made of thick cloth with many small loops that soaks up water
A small towel used to dry the face or hands
A long loop of cloth that turns on a roller for drying hands
Idioms
Compounds
How Absorbent
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Towel comes from an old French word toile meaning 'cloth', and the same root appears in English toilet, which once meant a small cloth. So a towel is simply a piece of cloth used for drying.