"dish towel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dish towels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dish towel (plural dish towels)
  1. A piece of absorbent cloth for drying or wiping dishes, cups or silverware Synonyms: dishtowel Translations (towel for wiping dishes): utěrka [feminine] (Czech), keittiöpyyhe (Finnish), torchon [masculine] (French), essuie de vaisselle [Belgium, masculine] (French), Spüllappen (note: for washing) (German), Spültuch (German), Geschirrtuch (note: for drying) [neuter] (German), Trockentuch [neuter] (German), konyharuha (Hungarian), törlőkendő (Hungarian), törlőruha (Hungarian), ceirt soithí [feminine] (Irish), łeetsʼaaʼ bee yitʼoodí (Navajo), kurulama bezi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dish_towel-en-noun-ZVmDFjKV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'towel for wiping dishes': 94 6
  2. A piece of cloth similar in size or texture, but used for other functions Translations (similar towel for some other function): pyyhe (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dish_towel-en-noun-hqxlaNdd Disambiguation of 'similar towel for some other function': 8 92

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dish towel meaning in English (2.7kB)

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