tea towel
noun
a dishtowel.
tea towels
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pluralof tea towel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is on countless fridge magnets, tea towels and notebook covers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
His passion started when he was five and has been a super fan ever since collecting hundreds of iconic red noses, pin badges, tea towels and pens to name a few.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
She grew up wrapping damp greens in linen tea towels to keep them crisp but was frustrated when her salad makings fell out of the towels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
A linen or cotton tea towels makes the perfect starter canvas, but you can work up to T-shirts, tablecloths or wall hangings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
When the toaster oven dinged—I kind of wanted it to make a Red Alert sound or something, it was so futuristic-looking—I lined a basket with one of Mamou’s tea towels and filled it with bread.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
