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bath linen

bath linen

1.9
Cloth items like towels used to dry or clean your body after washing
  • noun
translation icon : ropa de baño
  • After a long soak, she wrapped herself in soft bath linen.

Examples

  • I bought new bath linen for the guest bathroom.

  • The hotel provides fresh bath linen every day for all guests.

  • The cupboard was stacked with neatly folded bath linen.

  • My bath linens are soft and fluffy.

  • After a long day at the beach, I wrapped myself in fresh bath linen to stay warm.

  • We keep our bath linen organized in a neat stack on the shelf in the bathroom.

  • It's important to regularly wash bath linen to maintain hygiene and freshness.

How Absorbent

bath towel
4 1.0
bath linen
1.9
hand towel
7 1.0
washcloth
  • US
22 1.0

Surface Forms

bath linen singular
bath linens plural

Morphology

bath + linen

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'bath' (relating to washing/bathing) with 'linen' (cloth), so a learner who knows both words will understand this refers to cloth items used in the bathroom (towels, washcloths). This compounding pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily comprehensible at B1, even if 'linen' can be slightly more specific in some contexts.

Etymology

Bath linen comes from the simple idea of cloth — linen — used after a bath to 'dry' or 'clean' yourself. That's why today it means towels, washcloths, and other bathroom cloths.