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Word entry · 5 letters

towel

Best crossword clue

"Cloth after a shower"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtaʊ̯əl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted elotwStarts with TEnds with L4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Absorbent cloth used for drying hands, body, or objects.

Word origin

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”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).

Used in a sentence

  • He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.
  • He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
  • We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Cloth after a shower5 letters
02Cloth for drying hands5 letters
03Cloth used after swimming5 letters
04Bathroom drying cloth5 letters

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