paper towel

noun

: a sheet of soft and thick paper that can soak up liquid and that is used for drying hands, cleaning up spills, etc.

a roll of paper towels

Examples of paper towel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My response was so automatic—a satisfying swipe of paper towel—that my anxiety hardly had time to express itself. — Andrew Lipstein, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026

The paper towel dispensers were empty at both hand sinks in the kitchen prep room. — Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

If a bait is found in an open area, it can be carefully tossed deeper into the woods using gloves or a paper towel. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Mundorf’s description of a four-rack magnetic system — two large, two small, plus utensil caddy and paper towel holder — is a preview of how saturated that vertical panel is about to get. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for paper towel

• disavowal
• avowal
• bowel
• dowel
• howel
• howell
• vowel