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towel
[ tou-uhl, toul ]
noun
- an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
verb (used with object)
- to wipe or dry with a towel.
towel
/ ˈtaʊəl /
noun
- a square or rectangular piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying the body
- a similar piece of cloth used for drying plates, cutlery, etc
- throw in the towelSee throw in
verb
- to dry or wipe with a towel
- slang.often foll byup to assault or beat (a person)
Word History and Origins
Origin of towel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of towel1
Idioms and Phrases
- throw in the towel, Informal. to concede defeat; give up; yield:
He vowed he would never throw in the towel.
More idioms and phrases containing towel
see crying towel ; throw in the sponge (towel) .Example Sentences
Keep moving the paper towels to absorb the stain on each area.
If the kids still don’t get on board, she suggests putting a basket where they toss the towels, or even establishing consequences or rewards.
I actually threw in the towel in November, ordering and paying for my bike then.
Next time I go to clean, I take the paper towels off and just wipe off.
Thoroughly pat the meat dry with paper towels and generously season it with salt and pepper.
Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.
Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.
“They would bend my head back, put a towel over my face and pour water over the towel,” Harrison was quoted as saying.
Place the stack of phyllo dough sheets on a cutting board and cover it with a slightly damp towel.
Inside the bag, a second body was naked, wrapped in a towel, and almost decapitated.
"Come and get a clean towel," said Jess, who noticed that Benny was already "picking into" his own mouth.
The berries were so thick she did not have to change her position before the towel held over a quart.
She watched the two children a moment as they dropped handfuls of the bluish globes on the towel.
It was reserved for me to open the towel, which I did with no little pride at having the only plum pudding in camp.
I had buttered the towel so that it should not stick to it; it did not, but it did not stick together either.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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