facecloth
- noun
- /ˈfeɪsˌklɔθ/
- UK
- She used a damp facecloth to wipe her child's face after dinner.
Examples
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After washing my face, I dried it with a soft facecloth.
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The host brings me granola for breakfast and a damp facecloth.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sitting beside her, Julius wiped her face again with the wet facecloth.
Fiction book (1996) -
All the equipment was on it -- the plastic tub, liquid soap, body lotion, several large towels, and a facecloth.
Fiction book (1994) -
Julius wet a facecloth in the ice bucket, wrung it out, and wiped his wife's face with it.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's important to use a clean facecloth every day for good hygiene.
Synonyms
A small piece of soft material used for cleaning skin or surfaces
A small square cloth to wash your face and body
A small soft cloth used for washing the face or body
A small soft disposable cloth made slightly wet to clean skin or surfaces
A small soft towel you use to wash your face or body
A small cloth used to wash the face or body
A cloth people use to wipe a person's face and sometimes keep as a holy relic
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Morphology
Etymology
The word facecloth is simply made from face and cloth, so you can remember it as a 'cloth for the face'; that's why a facecloth is a small, soft cloth used to wash your face.