"facecloth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: facecloths [plural]
Etymology: face + cloth. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|face|cloth}} face + cloth Head templates: {{en-noun}} facecloth (plural facecloths)
  1. A flannel for washing the face. Translations (flannel for washing the face): φακιάλιον (phakiálion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), кърпа за лице (kǎrpa za lice) [feminine] (Bulgarian), жумшак жуугуч (jumşak juuguc) (Kyrgyz), жумшак майлык (jumşak maylık) (Kyrgyz), trljačica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-facecloth-en-noun-goTQKvHb Disambiguation of 'flannel for washing the face': 93 7
  2. A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
    Sense id: en-facecloth-en-noun-8JxHbaNJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

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