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What does towel mean?

Definitions for towelˈtaʊ əl, taʊltow·el

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word towel.

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. towelverb

    a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

  2. towelverb

    wipe with a towel

    "towel your hair dry"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. towelnoun

    A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.

  2. towelverb

    To hit with a towel.

  3. towelverb

    To dry by using a towel.

    He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

  4. Etymology: From towel, from toaille (Modern touaille), of origin, from Low *, from þwahilō, from þwahanan, from twak-. Cognate with dwahila (Modern dialectal Zwehle), dwaal, dweil, þwean.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Towelnoun

    A cloath on which the hands are wiped.

    Etymology: touaille, French; touaglio, Italian.

    His arm must be kept up with a napkin or towel. Richard Wiseman.

    Th’ attendants water for their hands supply,And having wash’d, with silken towels dry. John Dryden, Æn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Towel

    A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping a body or a surface. It draws moisture through direct contact. In households, several types of fabric towels are used, including hand towels, bath towels, Bathrobes and kitchen towels. At the beach, people use beach towels. Paper towels are provided in commercial or office bathrooms via a dispenser for users to dry their hands. In households they are used for minor, precision, or particularly dirty jobs of wiping, cleaning, and drying.

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  1. towel

    A towel is a type of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping. It is commonly used to clean hands, bodies or surfaces and is often used at home, in the gym, or at the beach. Towels come in various sizes, colors, and materials, some of which are specifically designed for certain uses like bathing, hand drying, or kitchen use.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Towelnoun

    a cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath

  2. Towelverb

    to beat with a stick

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Towel

    A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping. It draws moisture through direct contact, often using a blotting or a rubbing motion. Common household textile towels are made from cotton, rayon, bamboo, nonwoven fibers or a few other materials.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Towel

    tow′el, n. a cloth for wiping the skin after it is washed, and for other purposes: an altar-cloth.—ns. Tow′el-horse, -rack, a frame for hanging towels on; Tow′elling, cloth for towels: a thrashing.—A lead towel, a bullet; An oaken towel, a cudgel. [O. Fr. touaille—Old High Ger. twahilla (Ger. zwehle)—Old High Ger. twahan, to wash.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. towel

    A word very absurdly introduced into marine law. "If a mariner," says Molloy, "shall commit a fault, and the master shall lift up the towel three times before any mariner, and he shall not submit, the master at the next place of land may discharge him." Some think that this refers to an oaken stick, but it is no doubt corrupted from the oster la touaille, or turning a delinquent out of his mess, of the laws of Oleron.

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  1. towel

    A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes, sizes and styles.

    Towels are so useful for a wide variety of things.

    Submitted by MaryC on February 17, 2020

Matched Categories

    • Wipe

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'towel' in Nouns Frequency: #2558

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Anagrams for towel »

  1. owlet

How to pronounce towel?

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of towel in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of towel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of towel in a Sentence

  1. Sipho P Nkosi:

    Throw the dice not a towel.

  2. Mikah Diaz:

    She runs into the room with only her towel on, and she’s on the phone with the police.

  3. Manal Mohammed:

    If you do not wash your hands properly -- for at least 20 seconds -- especially after using the toilet, as it is full of germs, these can easily be transferred to your towel.

  4. The Texas senator:

    Democrat Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both were seeking rebound victories Tuesday after recent setbacks. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has complicated Trump's path to the nomination by winning recent contests like Wisconsin and getting allies elected to state delegate slates. On the Democratic side, Sanders had been on a winning streak up until Tuesday – winning seven of the eight prior contests. Whether Donald Trump and Clinton's performance Tuesday will help either wrap up the race in the coming weeks remains an open question. The campaigns head next to five Eastern states that vote next Tuesday : Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware. It’s potentially friendly territory for the front-runners. But unless Donald Trump can drive Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz out of the race, the billionaire businessman still may have to fight all the way until the final primary contests on June 7 – especially with an eye toward delegate-rich California, which may end up the determining race – to see if Donald Trump can clinch the nomination with the necessary 1,237 delegates. As of Tuesday night, Donald Trump had 840 delegates. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had 559, and Kasich had 146. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who infamously panned Trump's New York values earlier in the primary, had been bracing for a tough showing in the Empire State and showed no signs of throwing in the towel. The Texas senator was already looking ahead, turning The Texas senator attention to Pennsylvania, where The Texas senator delivered a speech calling on Americans to join together to move the country forward. It is time for us to get up, shake it off and be who we were destined to be.

  5. Scott Shelton:

    It feels like the bulls have thrown in the towel in their pursuit of pushing WTI up to $65.

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Popularity rank by frequency of use

towel#10000#10194#100000

References

  1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=towel
  2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Towel
  3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryhttps://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=towel
  4. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel
  5. ^ ChatGPThttps://chat.openai.com
  6. ^ Webster Dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/towel
  7. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=towel
  8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionaryhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=towel
  9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Termshttps://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=towel
  10. ^ Usage in printed sourceshttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=towel

Translations for towel

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  • handdoekAfrikaans
  • منشفةArabic
  • məhrəbaAzerbaijani
  • таҫтамалBashkir
  • ручнікBelarusian
  • пешкир, кърпаBulgarian
  • তোয়ালেBengali
  • tovallolaCatalan, Valencian
  • ručníkCzech
  • tywelWelsh
  • håndklædeDanish
  • HandtuchGerman
  • πετσέταGreek
  • mantuko, viŝiloEsperanto
  • toallaSpanish
  • rätikEstonian
  • حوله, آبچینPersian
  • pyyheliina, pyyheFinnish
  • hondklæði, handklæðiFaroese
  • servietteFrench
  • tuáilleIrish
  • toallaGalician
  • מגבתHebrew
  • तौलियाHindi
  • törülközőHungarian
  • սրբիչArmenian
  • handukIndonesian
  • handklæðiIcelandic
  • asciugamanoItalian
  • タオルJapanese
  • პირსახოციGeorgian
  • сүлгіKazakh
  • 수건, 타월Korean
  • خاولیKurdish
  • сүлгү, суулукKyrgyz
  • manteleLatin
  • ຂົນຫນູLao
  • rankšluostisLithuanian
  • dvielisLatvian
  • крпа, пешкирMacedonian
  • tualaMalay
  • xugamanMaltese
  • မျက်နှာသုတ်ပဝါBurmese
  • håndkleNorwegian
  • handdoekDutch
  • handklede, handkleNorwegian Nynorsk
  • ręcznikPolish
  • toalhaPortuguese
  • prosopRomanian
  • полотенцеRussian
  • ручник, ubrus, peškir, ručnik, убрус, пешкирSerbo-Croatian
  • uterák, ručníkSlovak
  • brisačaSlovene
  • peshqirAlbanian
  • handdukSwedish
  • tauloSwahili
  • துவாலைTamil
  • తువాలుTelugu
  • сачоқ, дастурӯпоккун, танпоккунTajik
  • ผ้าขนหนูThai
  • polotense, polotensteTurkmen
  • tuwalyaTagalog
  • peşkir, havluTurkish
  • сөлгеTatar
  • рушникUkrainian
  • sochiqUzbek
  • khănVietnamese
  • האַנטעךYiddish

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