Definitions for towel
ˈtaʊ əl, taʊltow·el

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. towel(verb)

   a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

2. towel(verb)

   wipe with a towel

   "towel your hair dry"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. towel(Noun)

   A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.

2. towel(Verb)

   To hit with a towel.

3. towel(Verb)

   To dry by using a towel.

   He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

Origin: From towel, from toaille (Modern touaille), of origin, from Low *, from þwahilō, from þwahanan, from twak-. Cognate with dwahila (Modern dialectal Zwehle), dwaal, dweil, þwean.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Towel(noun)

   a cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath

2. Towel(verb)

   to beat with a stick

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Towel

   A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping. It draws moisture through direct contact, often using a blotting or a rubbing motion. Common household textile towels are made from cotton, rayon, bamboo, nonwoven fibers or a few other materials.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Towel

   tow′el, n. a cloth for wiping the skin after it is washed, and for other purposes: an altar-cloth.—ns. Tow′el-horse, -rack, a frame for hanging towels on; Tow′elling, cloth for towels: a thrashing.—A lead towel, a bullet; An oaken towel, a cudgel. [O. Fr. touaille—Old High Ger. twahilla (Ger. zwehle)—Old High Ger. twahan, to wash.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. towel

   A word very absurdly introduced into marine law. "If a mariner," says Molloy, "shall commit a fault, and the master shall lift up the towel three times before any mariner, and he shall not submit, the master at the next place of land may discharge him." Some think that this refers to an oaken stick, but it is no doubt corrupted from the oster la touaille, or turning a delinquent out of his mess, of the laws of Oleron.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'towel' in Nouns Frequency: #2558

Anagrams for towel »

1. owlet

How to pronounce towel?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of towel in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of towel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of towel in a Sentence

1. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Throw the dice not a towel.

2. Matt Sanders:

   She’s in a towel, and I ’m just like …' What ?'.

3. Paton Walsh:

   Always pack a towel and don't drink tap water, anywhere.

4. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   If you throw in your towel, someone may pick it up and use it better than you.

5. Mikah Diaz:

   She runs into the room with only her towel on, and she’s on the phone with the police.

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