towel

as in napkin
a piece of cloth used for drying things She dried her hair with a towel. Here's a towel to wipe up the spill.

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Recent Examples of towel To use, Pozniak recommends dissolving powdered oxygen bleach (like OxiClean or Branch Basics Oxygen Boost) in hot water and soaking your towels overnight. Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025 Five small tasks: Clearing trash from your purse, putting away a load of towels, emptying the dish strainer, picking up dog or baby toys from the floor, alphabetizing the spice jars. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025 Use smaller pillows or even rolled up blankets or towels. Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025 The total extra cost came to around $300—including $200 in additional cleaning fees and $100 to replace the knives and towels. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for towel
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Noun
  • Combs' attorney Brian Steele handed him a napkin as Combs cried watching the video.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, Whitney throws her napkin and storms out of the luncheon, as Real Housewives are wont to do.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Weeks after Mary was buried, the children of Frederica Loss, who ran a tavern near the crime scene, discovered a handkerchief marked with Mary’s initials, along with her parasol and parts of her dress, hidden in the brush.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Place a handkerchief between the dust bag and hose to capture the ladybugs, then take the vacuum outside and open it to release them.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Towel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towel. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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