as in napkins
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 towels
Remove any items that have landed on the countertops, put them away, and remove the towels, bath mats, and shower curtains.
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Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
The 72 guest rooms have cozy beds, soft towels, and squeaky-clean bathrooms.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Handy Hooks are great for hanging keys, coats, towels and more.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
Othership and Bathhouse host ice-and-sauna socials where people meet in towels instead of Celine suits and slip dresses.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
Paper towels can be especially helpful for preventing any leftover grease from transferring onto cloth towels.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
Key items include diapers, beauty products, towels, crib sheets, even undergarments.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Facility staff had no knowledge of prepping sanitizer buckets and sanitizing prep counter with sanitizer cloth towels.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Pack your sunscreen, towels, and a picnic lunch for a beach day on Pawleys Island or at Litchfield Beach.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
The 72 guest rooms have cozy beds, soft towels, and squeaky-clean bathrooms.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Handy Hooks are great for hanging keys, coats, towels and more.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
Othership and Bathhouse host ice-and-sauna socials where people meet in towels instead of Celine suits and slip dresses.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
Paper towels can be especially helpful for preventing any leftover grease from transferring onto cloth towels.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
Key items include diapers, beauty products, towels, crib sheets, even undergarments.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Facility staff had no knowledge of prepping sanitizer buckets and sanitizing prep counter with sanitizer cloth towels.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Pack your sunscreen, towels, and a picnic lunch for a beach day on Pawleys Island or at Litchfield Beach.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for towels
handkerchiefs
Noun
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Had Otello understood that all the world is a joke, as Falstaff startlingly reveals at the end of the opera, Iago would never have been able to poison Otello’s susceptible frail ego with his ridiculous tales of handkerchiefs and what-not.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Some journalists attending this year’s dinner have unveiled plans to wear pocket handkerchiefs or lapel pins with the words of the First Amendment.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Towels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towels. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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