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.

   Etymology: 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.

2. towel(Verb)

   To hit with a towel.

   Etymology: 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.

3. towel(Verb)

   To dry by using a towel.

   He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

   Etymology: 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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. towel

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes, sizes and styles.

   Towels are so useful for a wide variety of things.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 17, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

Anagrams for towel »

1. owlet

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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. Mikah Diaz:

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

2. Joshua Zeichner:

   Many people think that they’re sloughing away any remaining flakes, but the friction of the towel fibers against your skin can actually worsen damage to the surface.

3. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Throw the dice not a towel.

4. Jackson Fuqua:

   I saw a big trail of blood from the water to where the man was laying down on a beach towel. There were a lot of EMS workers all around him and they were frantically trying to help him and work to close the wounds he had.

5. Scott Shelton:

   It feels like the bulls have thrown in the towel in their pursuit of pushing WTI up to $65.

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