Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

face cloth

British  

noun

  1. US equivalent: washcloth.  a small piece of cloth used to wash the face and hands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"Let's go back to using a face cloth or cotton wool that gets disposed of in a dustbin and not flushed down the toilet," she suggested.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2021

But she never took her eyes from the eyeholes in the face cloth that hung from the man’s pointed hood.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

As Anna laid the face cloth over the marble features, she started back.

From Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days by Piper, Anna W. Ford

Stole a maiden from her place, Lightly to the warrior stept, Took the face cloth from the face; Yet she neither moved nor wept.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

The face cloth in the illustration is made from white cheese cloth, cut bias.

From Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home by Todd, Mattie Phipps

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "face cloth" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com