"tea cloth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tea cloths [plural]
Etymology: From tea + cloth; originally designating a cloth for wiping tea service items after washing, later a small tablecloth useful for afternoon tea. Attested from the late 18th century. Compare later tea towel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tea|cloth}} tea + cloth, {{m|en|tea towel}} tea towel Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea cloth (plural tea cloths)
  1. A tea towel. Categories (topical): Tea Synonyms: teacloth
    Sense id: en-tea_cloth-en-noun-5vlcZ0m2 Disambiguation of Tea: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28
  2. A small tablecloth.
    Sense id: en-tea_cloth-en-noun-j1N3eL3o

Inflected forms

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