beach towel

noun

: a very large usually brightly colored towel designed for use at the beach

Examples of beach towel in a Sentence

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Boone’s new album, American Heart, depicts the singer shirtless with an American flag behind him like a beach towel. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 June 2025 Beach Boys songs have cheered on generations from iPods and boom boxes, radios and 8-track players, and any device that could be placed on a beach towel. Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025 Beach Boys songs have endured from turntables and transistor radios to boom boxes and iPhones, or any device that could lay on a beach towel or be placed upright in the sand. CBS News, 11 June 2025 Guests will also receive a Burberry beach towel to use in the hotel’s indoor-outdoor pool, or for swimming in the estate’s lake. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for beach towel

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beach towel was in 1919

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“Beach towel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beach%20towel. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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beach towel

noun
: a very large usually brightly colored towel made for use at the beach
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