Meaning

2 senses
  1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

    He sneezed into his handkerchief during the meeting.

    Taschentuch

    носово́й плато́кnosovój platók, плато́кplatók, плато́чекplatóček

    носова́ ху́сткаnosová xústka, ху́сткаxústka, ху́сточкаxústočka

    a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

  2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.

Examples

123 sentences
  1. This handkerchief is made of paper.

    Ця носова хусточка виготовлена з паперу.

    ruЭтот носовой платок сделан из бумаги.

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  2. She bought a handkerchief for ten dollars.

    Вона купила носовичок за десять доларів.

    ruОна купила платок за десять долларов.

    deSie hat sich für zehn Dollar ein Taschentuch gekauft.

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  3. I ironed my handkerchiefs.

    Я випрасував свої носовички.

    deIch habe meine Taschentücher gebügelt.

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  4. She has many handkerchiefs.

    У неї багато носовичків.

    ruУ неё много носовых платков.

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  5. Tom folded his handkerchief.

    Том склав свій носовичок.

    ruТом сложил свой носовой платок.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands:
Русский
By meaning 1
cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands:

Origin

From hand + kerchief.

From hand + kerchief.

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Forms

plural: handkerchiefs / handkerchieves

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory:hankiehankyhankey

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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