Meaning

1 senses

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

    He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

    Handtuch

    полоте́нцеpoloténce, рушни́кrušník, ручни́кručník

    рушни́кrušnýk, утира́чutyráč

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

Examples

1157 sentences

  1. Tom dried himself with a towel.

    Том витерся насухо рушником. — deniko

    deTom trocknete sich mit einem Handtuch ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I'm ready to throw in the towel.

    Я готовий визнати свою поразку. — deniko

    ruЯ готов признать себя побеждённым. — marafon

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  3. There's only one bath towel in our bathroom.

    У нашій ванній тільки один банний рушник. — uaspeaker

    ruВ нашей ванной только одно банное полотенце. — timsa

    deIn unserem Bad gibt es nur ein Handtuch. — Sudajaengi

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  4. Tom used a towel to dry his hair.

    Том скористався рушником, щоб висушити своє волосся. — deniko

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  5. Maybe it's time to throw in the towel.

    Може бути, час визнати свою поразку. — deniko

    ruМожет, самое время признать поражение. — Kar1na

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cloth used for wiping:
Русский
By meaning 1
cloth used for wiping:
Deutsch
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cloth used for wiping:

Origin

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (m

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).

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Forms

plural: towels
Singulartowel
Pluraltowels

regular

Word family

26 related words
Derivedbath towelbeach towelcup toweldishtoweldish towelgolf towelhand toweljack towelkitchen toweloaken towelpaper towelpaper towelingrally towelroller towelshaving towelshop towelshow toweltea toweltowelettetowel gourdtowel-horsetowellesstowelliketowel rail

Collocations

12 patterns
  • with a towel
  • with the towel
  • folded the towels
  • wrapped a towel
  • in the towel
  • paper towels
  • bath towel
  • a towel around
  • the towel and
  • the towel that
  • towel around
  • towel in the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
towardA2towardsA2towerA1townA1townie

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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