dish towel
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- noun
- /dɪʃ taʊəl/
- US
:
trapo de cocina
- After washing the dishes, I used a clean dish towel to dry them thoroughly.
- a clean dish towel
- a damp dish towel
- to hang a dish towel
Examples
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He placed the wet plates on a dish towel to absorb excess water.
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"I took the dish towel from him and wiped up spilled wine.
Fiction book (1994) -
Get me that dish towel.
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"What are you going to do without dish towels?" he asked.
Fiction book (1993) -
Just get your dish towel and wipe off.
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I found a clean dish towel in the drawer.
Fiction book (1996) -
Ma wiped a dish towel over her face before she turned around to kiss him.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her mother, with a worried look, moved toward it, wiping her hands on a dish towel.
Fiction book (2000) -
"How many dish towels do you think one of those will hold?" Jada asked.
Fiction book (1993) -
"I don't know if she wants dish towels or hand towels." "Hand towels."
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A disposable paper sheet that soaks up water to dry hands or clean spills
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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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Morphology
This is a straightforward noun-noun compound whose meaning — a towel for drying dishes — is directly and compositionally derived from 'dish' + 'towel'. The compound follows a common, cross-linguistic kitchen-object naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Dish towel comes from simple kitchen use: it is a towel used for drying dishes after washing. So, the name points directly to the meaning 'a towel used for drying dishes'.