towel

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /taʊl/, /ˈtaʊ.əl/

Noun

towel (plural towels)

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

Translations

• French: serviette
• German: Handtuch
• Italian: asciugamano
• Portuguese: toalha
• Russian: полоте́нце
• Spanish: toalla

Verb

towel (towels, present participle toweling; past and past participle toweled)

1. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.

   He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
4. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick.

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