hand towel
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- noun
- /hænd taʊəl/
:
toalla de mano
- He gently wiped his face with a hand towel after the long hike.
- hand towels and washcloths
- hand towels and bath towels
- linen hand towels
And then we needed hand towels for the bathrooms, so I got three that are this print.
- And then we needed hand towels for the bathrooms, so I got three that are this print.
- Our downstairs toilet is now done, so I wanted to get some new hand towels for that toilet or bathroom.
- I sniff it, it's shit on my hand towel.
Examples
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Maybe use some of the hand towels from the bathroom for the padding.
Fiction book (2002) -
And then we needed hand towels for the bathrooms, so I got three that are this print.
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I went to the kitchen, got a hand towel, and went into the hall.
Fiction book (2000) -
And I will send you a nice clean hand towel as a gift.
Blog text (7) -
Robin wipes her face with a hand towel as she rushes out.
Fiction book (2001) -
Claire returned with an empty wastebasket and a hand towel in a basin of steaming water.
Fiction book (2000) -
I tried to mop Papi's brow with a hand towel.
Fiction book (1995) -
Swabbing sweat from my forehead with a hand towel, I plugged the unlabeled disc into a viewer and sat down to watch it.
Fiction book (1995) -
After washing my hands, I dried them with a hand towel in the restroom.
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The hotel provided two hand towels for each guest in their bathroom.
Synonyms
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A piece of cloth or paper used to dry people and objects
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A disposable paper sheet that soaks up water to dry hands or clean spills
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Paper that soaks up water, made in sheets or rolls for drying hands and cleaning spills
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A small cloth kept in a pocket to wipe your nose or hands
A small towel used to dry the face or hands
A towel made of thick cloth with many small loops that soaks up water
A long loop of cloth that turns on a roller for drying hands
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Morphology
The meaning 'a small towel used for drying the hands or face' is directly and compositionally derived from 'hand' (the body part) + 'towel' (an absorbent cloth), following a common noun–noun compounding pattern. This transparent, literal relationship is cross-linguistically familiar (many languages have equivalent compounds), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hand towel is a simple compound: hand shows the body part it is for and towel is the cloth used to dry things. So the name became the everyday word for 'a small towel used for drying the hands or face'.