towel

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: towels

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): towel
3rd person singular: towels

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
- He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To dry by using a towel.
- He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
2.To hit with a towel.
3.To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
- We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3976

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”).

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Overall

By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.