serviettes

noun

plural of serviette, chiefly British
as in napkins

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  1. towels
  2. tissues
Noun
  • That great-grandfather, Gurbachan Singh Maan, had come to Britain in the 1930s as a peddler, walking the lanes of southeast England with a bicycle and an armful of scarves, towels and handkerchiefs.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Everything from its best-selling linens to duvet covers, pillows, robes, towels, and blankets are designed for high-end shut-eye.
    — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
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  • Juicy Like a Peach Vaginal Gel is powered by HPMC-5, an ingredient long used in pharmaceutical products that protect delicate tissues, like medical membranes or scaffolds (small structures to give structure for regrowing tissue or bone).
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 June 2026
  • In recent years, researchers have discovered that, aside from fracturing, living tissues also crumple, buckle, wrinkle, and fold via physical mechanisms that produce incredible diversity with just a few slight tweaks in tissue properties and architecture.
    — Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of tissues
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