"towel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtaʊ(ə)l/, [tʰæɫ] [Philadelphia], [tʰæɒ̯ɫ] [Southern-US], [tʰɛjɔ̯ɫ] [Southern-US] Audio: en-us-towel.ogg , En-uk-towel.ogg Forms: towels [plural]
enPR: toul, touʹəl Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|towayle}} Middle English towayle, {{der|en|fro|toaille||towel}} Old French toaille (“towel”), {{cog|fr|touaille}} French touaille, {{der|en|ML.|toallia}} Medieval Latin toallia, {{der|en|frk|*þwahilu||cloth}} Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*þwahaną||to wash}} Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”), {{cog|goh|dwahila||towel}} Old High German dwahila (“towel”), {{cog|de|Zwehle}} German Zwehle, {{cog|nl|dwaal||towel}} Dutch dwaal (“towel”), {{cog|nds|Dweel||towel}} Low German Dweel (“towel”), {{cog|ang|þwǣle||band; ribbon; fillet}} Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), {{cog|ang|þwēan||to wash}} Old English þwēan (“to wash”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} towel (plural towels)
  1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. Hyponyms: lavabo, Derived terms below Translations (cloth used for wiping): нэпэӏэплъэкӏ (nɛpɛʼɛplˢɛkʼ) (Adyghe), handdoek (Afrikaans), peshqir [masculine] (Albanian), havlli [feminine] (Albanian), χειρόμακτρον (kheirómaktron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مِنْشَفَة (minšafa) [feminine] (Arabic), فوطة (fūṭa) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), فوطة (fūṭa) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), مِنْشَفة (minšafa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), սրբիչ (srbičʻ) (Armenian), prusopi [feminine] (Aromanian), toballa [feminine] (Asturian), toalla [feminine] (Asturian), məhrəba (Azerbaijani), dəsmal (Azerbaijani), таҫтамал (taśtamal) (Bashkir), ручні́к (ručník) [masculine] (Belarusian), рушні́к (rušník) [masculine] (Belarusian), уціра́льнік (ucirálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), তোয়ালে (tōẇale) (Bengali), तौलिया (tauliyā) (Bhojpuri), tuala (Brunei Malay), къ́рпа (kǎ́rpa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пешки́р (peškír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ръчени́к (rǎčeník) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မျက်နှာသုတ်ပဝါ (myakhnasutpa.wa) (Burmese), tialla de facci (Campidanese Sardinian), tiallòra (Campidanese Sardinian), tovallola [feminine] (Catalan), toalya (Cebuano), خاولی (xawlî) (Central Kurdish), гата (gata) (Chechen), шуҗин (šužin) [Dungan] (Chinese), 毛巾 (mô͘-kin) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 毛巾 (mou⁴ gan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 毛巾 (máojīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 手巾 (shǒujīn) (english: hand towel) (Chinese Mandarin), yüzbez (Crimean Tatar), testimal [Northern, dialectal] (Crimean Tatar), avlu [Northern, dialectal] (Crimean Tatar), ručník [masculine] (Czech), håndklæde (note: of cloth) [neuter] (Danish), papir (note: of paper) (Danish), serviet (note: of paper) (Danish), حَوْلَه (hawla) (Dari), آبْچِین (ābčīn) (Dari), handdoek [masculine] (Dutch), andduk [masculine] (Elfdalian), viŝilo (Esperanto), mantuko (Esperanto), rätik (Estonian), hondklæði [neuter] (Faroese), handklæði [neuter] (Faroese), pyyhe (Finnish), pyyheliina (Finnish), serviette [feminine] (French), toalla [feminine] (Galician), maccrammè (Gallurese), sciuamanu (Gallurese), პირსახოცი (ṗirsaxoci) (Georgian), Handtuch [neuter] (German), πετσέτα (petséta) (Greek), allarut (Greenlandic), ટુવાલ (ṭuvāl) (Gujarati), מַגֶּבֶת (magévet) [feminine] (Hebrew), tualya (Hiligaynon), तौलिया (tauliyā) [masculine] (Hindi), अंगोछा (aṅgochā) [masculine] (Hindi), törülköző (Hungarian), handklæði [neuter] (Icelandic), toalo (Ido), handuk (Indonesian), räpäkkä (Ingrian), гата (gata) (Ingush), حُوْلِه (howle) (Iranian Persian), آبْچین (âbčin) (Iranian Persian), tuáille [masculine] (Irish), asciugamano (Italian), タオル (taoru) (Japanese), ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦏ꧀ (andhuk) [Carakan] (Javanese), andhuk [Rumi] (Javanese), ಟವಲ್ (ṭaval) (Kannada), сүлгі (sülgı) (Kazakh), កន្សែង (kɑɑkɑnsaeng) (Khmer), отеральнэһкь (otjeral’nehk’) (Kildin Sami), भैरासु (bhairāsu) (Konkani), 수건 (sugeon) (alt: 手巾) (Korean), 타월 (tawol) (Korean), сүлгү (sülgü) (Kyrgyz), суулук (suuluk) (Kyrgyz), ຂົນຫນູ (khon nū) (Lao), ຜ້າເຊັດໂຕ (phā set tō) (Lao), ຜ້າເຊັດ (phā set) (Lao), mantēle [neuter] (Latin), dvielis [masculine] (Latvian), rankšluostis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Dweel [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Handdook [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), etaulo (Luhya), anduk (Lun Bawang), ʔik̓ʷusəd (Lushootseed), Handduch [neuter] (Luxembourgish), ᦕᦱᧉᦵᦋᧆᦐᦱᧉ (ṗhaa²tsedṅaa²) (), пешкир (peškir) [masculine] (Macedonian), крпа (krpa) [feminine] (Macedonian), рачник (račnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), tuala (Malay), തൂവാല (tūvāla) (Malayalam), xugaman [masculine] (Maltese), ᡶᡠᠩᡴᡠ (fungku) (Manchu), towaliya (Maranao), towayle (Middle English), алчуур (alčuur) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭᠤᠷ (alčiɣur) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), beeʼádítʼoodí (Navajo), beeʼádítʼoodí yázhí (english: face towel) (Navajo), sèrviette [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), pêşgîr (Northern Kurdish), xawlî (Northern Kurdish), sihkaldat (Northern Sami), håndkle [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), handkle [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), handkle [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), handklede [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ручьникъ (ručĭnikŭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), wæterclāþ [masculine] (Old English), fooxaa (Oromo), دستار (destar) (Ottoman Turkish), دست پاک (dast pãk) [masculine] (Pashto), دستمال (dastmãl) [masculine] (Pashto), توليا (tawlyã) [feminine] (Pashto), توليه (tawlyá) [feminine] (Pashto), ręcznik [masculine] (Polish), toalha [feminine] (Portuguese), ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā) [Gurmukhi, masculine] (Punjabi), prosop [neuter] (Romanian), sientamauns [masculine] (Romansch), полоте́нце (poloténce) [neuter] (Russian), рушни́к (rušník) [regional] (Russian), ручни́к (ručník) [masculine, regional] (Russian), frobbidoryu [Logudorese] (Sardinian), frobbidorzu [Logudorese] (Sardinian), пѐшкӣр [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀брус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ру̀чнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pèškīr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùbrus [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rùčnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tuvagghia (Sicilian), තුවා (tuwā) (Sinhalese), sekldõs (Skolt Sami), uʹtreeʹlniǩ (Skolt Sami), sekldõk (Skolt Sami), uterák [masculine] (Slovak), ručník [masculine] (Slovak), brisača [feminine] (Slovene), toalla [feminine] (Spanish), toballa [feminine] (Spanish), tobaja [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), fazaleja [feminine] (Spanish), taulo (Swahili), handduk (Swedish), дасмал (dasmal) (Tabasaran), tuwalya (Tagalog), дастурӯпоккун (dasturüpokkun) (Tajik), танпоккун (tanpokkun) (Tajik), сачоқ (sačoq) (Tajik), துவாலை (tuvālai) (Tamil), tûoyoną (Taos), сөлге (sölge) (Tatar), jimpaw (Tausug), తువాలు (tuvālu) (Telugu), ผ้าขนหนู (pâa-kǒn-nǔu) (Thai), ผ้าเช็ดตัว (pâa-chét-dtuua) (Thai), ཨ་ཅོར (a cor) (Tibetan), ཞལ་ཅོར (zhal cor) [honorific] (Tibetan), havlu (Turkish), peşkir (Turkish), polotenste (Turkmen), polotense (Turkmen), polotensa (Turkmen), рушни́к (rušnýk) [neuter] (Ukrainian), утира́ч (utyráč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trjenje (Upper Sorbian), تَولِیَہ (tauliya) [masculine] (Urdu), آبچِین (ābcīn) (english: hand towel) [masculine] (Urdu), اَن٘گوچھا (aṅgochā) [masculine] (Urdu), لۆڭگە (löngge) (Uyghur), sochiq (Uzbek), khăn (Vietnamese), tu-alya (Waray-Waray), tywel [feminine] (Welsh), itawuli [class-10, class-9] (Xhosa), tenegey (Yami), האַנטעך (hantekh) [masculine, neuter] (Yiddish), hewli (Zazaki), abçin (Zazaki), pésger (Zazaki), holi (Zazaki)
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throw in the towel, towelette, towel gourd, towelhead, towel-horse, toweling, towelless, towellike, towel rail, towel snap, Turkish towel

Verb

IPA: /ˈtaʊ(ə)l/, [tʰæɫ] [Philadelphia], [tʰæɒ̯ɫ] [Southern-US], [tʰɛjɔ̯ɫ] [Southern-US] Audio: en-us-towel.ogg , En-uk-towel.ogg Forms: towels [present, singular, third-person], toweling [participle, present], towelling [participle, present], toweled [participle, past], toweled [past], towelled [participle, past], towelled [past]
enPR: toul, touʹəl Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|towayle}} Middle English towayle, {{der|en|fro|toaille||towel}} Old French toaille (“towel”), {{cog|fr|touaille}} French touaille, {{der|en|ML.|toallia}} Medieval Latin toallia, {{der|en|frk|*þwahilu||cloth}} Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*þwahaną||to wash}} Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”), {{cog|goh|dwahila||towel}} Old High German dwahila (“towel”), {{cog|de|Zwehle}} German Zwehle, {{cog|nl|dwaal||towel}} Dutch dwaal (“towel”), {{cog|nds|Dweel||towel}} Low German Dweel (“towel”), {{cog|ang|þwǣle||band; ribbon; fillet}} Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), {{cog|ang|þwēan||to wash}} Old English þwēan (“to wash”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=towelled|pres_ptc2=towelling}} towel (third-person singular simple present towels, present participle toweling or towelling, simple past and past participle toweled or towelled)
  1. (transitive) To hit with a towel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-towel-en-verb-TC0pyxWD
  2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-towel-en-verb-584OIHCP
  3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-towel-en-verb-S-MrFuR1 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 9 9 12 37
  4. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel". Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: towel down, towel off, towel up, untoweled, untowelled

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tpi",
            "2": "taul"
          },
          "expansion": "Tok Pisin: taul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tok Pisin: taul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hif",
            "2": "taul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Fiji Hindi: taul",
          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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        {
          "word": "bath towel"
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        {
          "word": "beach towel"
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        {
          "word": "cum towel"
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        {
          "word": "cup towel"
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        {
          "word": "dishtowel"
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        {
          "word": "dish towel"
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        {
          "word": "golf towel"
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        {
          "word": "hand towel"
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        {
          "word": "jack towel"
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        {
          "word": "kitchen towel"
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        {
          "word": "oaken towel"
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        {
          "word": "paper towel"
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        {
          "word": "paper toweling"
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        {
          "word": "roller towel"
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        {
          "word": "sanitary towel"
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        {
          "word": "shop towel"
        },
        {
          "word": "show towel"
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        {
          "word": "tea towel"
        },
        {
          "word": "throw in the towel"
        },
        {
          "word": "towelette"
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        {
          "word": "towel gourd"
        },
        {
          "word": "towelhead"
        },
        {
          "word": "towel-horse"
        },
        {
          "word": "toweling"
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        {
          "word": "towelless"
        },
        {
          "word": "towellike"
        },
        {
          "word": "towel rail"
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        {
          "word": "towel snap"
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        {
          "word": "Turkish towel"
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          "word": "lavabo"
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        {
          "word": "Derived terms below"
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        {
          "code": "ady",
          "lang": "Adyghe",
          "roman": "nɛpɛʼɛplˢɛkʼ",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "нэпэӏэплъэкӏ"
        },
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "handdoek"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peshqir"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "havlli"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "minšafa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مِنْشَفَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "fūṭa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "فوطة"
        },
        {
          "code": "afb",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "fūṭa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Gulf-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "فوطة"
        },
        {
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "minšafa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مِنْشَفة"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "srbičʻ",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "սրբիչ"
        },
        {
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prusopi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "toballa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "məhrəba"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "dəsmal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "taśtamal",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "таҫтамал"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ručník",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ручні́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "rušník",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рушні́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ucirálʹnik",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "уціра́льнік"
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        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "tōẇale",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "তোয়ালে"
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        {
          "code": "bho",
          "lang": "Bhojpuri",
          "roman": "tauliyā",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "तौलिया"
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          "code": "kxd",
          "lang": "Brunei Malay",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tuala"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kǎ́rpa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "къ́рпа"
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        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "peškír",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пешки́р"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rǎčeník",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ръчени́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "myakhnasutpa.wa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "မျက်နှာသုတ်ပဝါ"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "tovallola"
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        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "toalya"
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          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "gata",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "гата"
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        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mou⁴ gan¹",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "毛巾"
        },
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          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "šužin",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Dungan"
          ],
          "word": "шуҗин"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "mô͘-kin",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "毛巾"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "máojīn",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "毛巾"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "hand towel",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǒujīn",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "手巾"
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        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "yüzbez"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "testimal"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "dialectal"
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          "word": "avlu"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ručník"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "note": "of cloth",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "håndklæde"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "note": "of paper",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "papir"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "note": "of paper",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "serviet"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "handdoek"
        },
        {
          "code": "ovd",
          "lang": "Elfdalian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "andduk"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "viŝilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "mantuko"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "rätik"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hondklæði"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "handklæði"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "pyyhe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "pyyheliina"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "serviette"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdn",
          "lang": "Gallurese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "maccrammè"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdn",
          "lang": "Gallurese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "sciuamanu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗirsaxoci",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "პირსახოცი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Handtuch"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "petséta",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "πετσέτα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kheirómaktron",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "χειρόμακτρον"
        },
        {
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "allarut"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "ṭuvāl",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ટુવાલ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "magévet",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מַגֶּבֶת"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tualya"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tauliyā",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तौलिया"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "aṅgochā",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अंगोछा"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "törülköző"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "handklæði"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "toalo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "handuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "räpäkkä"
        },
        {
          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "roman": "gata",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "гата"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuáille"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "asciugamano"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taoru",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "タオル"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "roman": "andhuk",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Carakan"
          ],
          "word": "ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦏ꧀"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Rumi"
          ],
          "word": "andhuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "ṭaval",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ಟವಲ್"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sülgı",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "сүлгі"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɑɑkɑnsaeng",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "កន្សែង"
        },
        {
          "code": "kok",
          "lang": "Konkani",
          "roman": "bhairāsu",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "भैरासु"
        },
        {
          "alt": "手巾",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sugeon",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "수건"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tawol",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "타월"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xawlî",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "خاولی"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "pêşgîr"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "xawlî"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sülgü",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "сүлгү"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "suuluk",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "суулук"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "khon nū",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ຂົນຫນູ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phā set tō",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ຜ້າເຊັດໂຕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phā set",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ຜ້າເຊັດ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mantēle"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dvielis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rankšluostis"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dweel"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Handdook"
        },
        {
          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "ṗhaa²tsedṅaa²",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ᦕᦱᧉᦵᦋᧆᦐᦱᧉ"
        },
        {
          "code": "luy",
          "lang": "Luhya",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "etaulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "lnd",
          "lang": "Lun Bawang",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "anduk"
        },
        {
          "code": "lut",
          "lang": "Lushootseed",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ʔik̓ʷusəd"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Handduch"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "peškir",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пешкир"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "krpa",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крпа"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "račnik",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рачник"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tuala"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "tūvāla",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "തൂവാല"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xugaman"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "fungku",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ᡶᡠᠩᡴᡠ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mrw",
          "lang": "Maranao",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "towaliya"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "towayle"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "alčuur",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "алчуур"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "alčiɣur",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭᠤᠷ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "beeʼádítʼoodí"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "english": "face towel",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "beeʼádítʼoodí yázhí"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sèrviette"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "sihkaldat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "håndkle"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "handkle"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "handkle"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "handklede"
        },
        {
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "ručĭnikŭ",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ручьникъ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wæterclāþ"
        },
        {
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "fooxaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "destar",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "دستار"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "dast pãk",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "دست پاک"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "dastmãl",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "دستمال"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "tawlyã",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "توليا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "tawlyá",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "توليه"
        },
        {
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "roman": "hawla",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "حَوْلَه"
        },
        {
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "roman": "ābčīn",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "آبْچِین"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "howle",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "حُوْلِه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "âbčin",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "آبْچین"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ręcznik"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toalha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "taulīā",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਤੌਲੀਆ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prosop"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sientamauns"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poloténce",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "полоте́нце"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rušník",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "рушни́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ručník",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "ручни́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "sjd",
          "lang": "Kildin Sami",
          "roman": "otjeral’nehk’",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "отеральнэһкь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "sekldõs"
        },
        {
          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "uʹtreeʹlniǩ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "sekldõk"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tialla de facci"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tiallòra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "frobbidoryu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "frobbidorzu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пѐшкӣр"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "у̀брус"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ру̀чнӣк"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pèškīr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ùbrus"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rùčnīk"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tuvagghia"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "tuwā",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "තුවා"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uterák"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ručník"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brisača"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "trjenje"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toballa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tobaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fazaleja"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "taulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "handduk"
        },
        {
          "code": "tab",
          "lang": "Tabasaran",
          "roman": "dasmal",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "дасмал"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tuwalya"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "dasturüpokkun",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "дастурӯпоккун"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tanpokkun",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "танпоккун"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sačoq",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "сачоқ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tuvālai",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "துவாலை"
        },
        {
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tûoyoną"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "sölge",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "сөлге"
        },
        {
          "code": "tsg",
          "lang": "Tausug",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "jimpaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "tuvālu",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "తువాలు"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pâa-kǒn-nǔu",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ผ้าขนหนู"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pâa-chét-dtuua",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ผ้าเช็ดตัว"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "a cor",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "ཨ་ཅོར"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "zhal cor",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "honorific"
          ],
          "word": "ཞལ་ཅོར"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "havlu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "peşkir"
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          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "polotenste"
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          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "polotense"
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          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rušnýk",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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          "word": "рушни́к"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "utyráč",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "утира́ч"
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          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "tauliya",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "تَولِیَہ"
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          "code": "ur",
          "english": "hand towel",
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          "roman": "ābcīn",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "آبچِین"
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          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "aṅgochā",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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          "word": "اَن٘گوچھا"
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          "roman": "löngge",
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          "word": "لۆڭگە"
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          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "tenegey"
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          "roman": "hantekh",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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          "word": "האַנטעך"
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          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "hewli"
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        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "abçin"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
          "word": "pésger"
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          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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        "To hit with a towel."
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        "To dry by using a towel."
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        "(transitive) To dry by using a towel."
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          "ref": "2012, Dave Tomar, The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat:",
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        "(transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug."
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis": "42 7 6 10 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Old East Slavic translations",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 7 6 9 38",
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          "name": "Terms with Old English translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "37 7 6 9 41",
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          "name": "Terms with Skolt Sami translations",
          "parents": [],
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      "enpr": "touʹəl"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtaʊ(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰæɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Philadelphia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰæɒ̯ɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[tʰɛjɔ̯ɫ]",
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        "Southern-US"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    }
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  "word": "towel"
}
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    "Terms with Yami translations",
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    {
      "word": "bath towel"
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    {
      "word": "beach towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "cum towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "cup towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "dishtowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "dish towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "golf towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hand towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "jack towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "kitchen towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "oaken towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "paper towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "paper toweling"
    },
    {
      "word": "roller towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sanitary towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "shop towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "show towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "tea towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw in the towel"
    },
    {
      "word": "towelette"
    },
    {
      "word": "towel gourd"
    },
    {
      "word": "towelhead"
    },
    {
      "word": "towel-horse"
    },
    {
      "word": "toweling"
    },
    {
      "word": "towelless"
    },
    {
      "word": "towellike"
    },
    {
      "word": "towel rail"
    },
    {
      "word": "towel snap"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkish towel"
    }
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            "2": "タオル",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "taoru"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: タオル (taoru)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: タオル (taoru)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tao",
            "2": "tenegey",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Yami: tenegey",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Yami: tenegey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "타월",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 타월 (tawol)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 타월 (tawol)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mh",
            "2": "to̧o̧l",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marshallese: to̧o̧l",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marshallese: to̧o̧l"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "taulo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: taulo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: taulo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vo",
            "2": "taul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Volapük: taul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Volapük: taul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xh",
            "2": "ítáwuli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Xhosa: ítáwuli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Xhosa: ítáwuli"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "towayle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English towayle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "toaille",
        "4": "",
        "5": "towel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French toaille (“towel”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "touaille"
      },
      "expansion": "French touaille",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "toallia"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin toallia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*þwahilu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þwahaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "dwahila",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German dwahila (“towel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zwehle"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zwehle",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dwaal",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch dwaal (“towel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Dweel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towel"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Dweel (“towel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þwǣle",
        "3": "",
        "4": "band; ribbon; fillet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þwēan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þwēan (“to wash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "towels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "towel (plural towels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "lavabo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derived terms below"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "toul"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "touʹəl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtaʊ(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰæɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Philadelphia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰæɒ̯ɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰɛjɔ̯ɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-towel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1d/En-us-towel.ogg/En-us-towel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/En-us-towel.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-towel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/En-uk-towel.ogg/En-uk-towel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-uk-towel.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "Adyghe",
      "roman": "nɛpɛʼɛplˢɛkʼ",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "нэпэӏэплъэкӏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "handdoek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peshqir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "havlli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "minšafa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِنْشَفَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fūṭa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فوطة"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fūṭa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فوطة"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "minšafa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِنْشَفة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "srbičʻ",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "սրբիչ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prusopi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toballa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "məhrəba"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "dəsmal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "taśtamal",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "таҫтамал"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ručník",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ручні́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rušník",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рушні́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ucirálʹnik",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уціра́льнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "tōẇale",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "তোয়ালে"
    },
    {
      "code": "bho",
      "lang": "Bhojpuri",
      "roman": "tauliyā",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "तौलिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tuala"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎ́rpa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "къ́рпа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "peškír",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пешки́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rǎčeník",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ръчени́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "myakhnasutpa.wa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "မျက်နှာသုတ်ပဝါ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tovallola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "toalya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "gata",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "гата"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁴ gan¹",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "毛巾"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "šužin",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "шуҗин"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "mô͘-kin",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "毛巾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máojīn",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "毛巾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "hand towel",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒujīn",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "手巾"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "yüzbez"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "testimal"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "avlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ručník"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of cloth",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "håndklæde"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of paper",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "papir"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of paper",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "serviet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handdoek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ovd",
      "lang": "Elfdalian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "andduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "viŝilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "mantuko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "rätik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hondklæði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handklæði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "pyyhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "pyyheliina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serviette"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "maccrammè"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "sciuamanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗirsaxoci",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "პირსახოცი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Handtuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "petséta",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "πετσέτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kheirómaktron",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χειρόμακτρον"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "allarut"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "ṭuvāl",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ટુવાલ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "magévet",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מַגֶּבֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tualya"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tauliyā",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तौलिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aṅgochā",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अंगोछा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "törülköző"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handklæði"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "toalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "handuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "räpäkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "gata",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "гата"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuáille"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "asciugamano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taoru",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "タオル"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "roman": "andhuk",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Carakan"
      ],
      "word": "ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦏ꧀"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "andhuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ṭaval",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ಟವಲ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sülgı",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "сүлгі"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑɑkɑnsaeng",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "កន្សែង"
    },
    {
      "code": "kok",
      "lang": "Konkani",
      "roman": "bhairāsu",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "भैरासु"
    },
    {
      "alt": "手巾",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sugeon",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "수건"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tawol",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "타월"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "xawlî",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "خاولی"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "pêşgîr"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "xawlî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sülgü",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "сүлгү"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "suuluk",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "суулук"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khon nū",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ຂົນຫນູ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phā set tō",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ຜ້າເຊັດໂຕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phā set",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ຜ້າເຊັດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mantēle"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dvielis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rankšluostis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dweel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Handdook"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "ṗhaa²tsedṅaa²",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ᦕᦱᧉᦵᦋᧆᦐᦱᧉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "etaulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lnd",
      "lang": "Lun Bawang",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "anduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ʔik̓ʷusəd"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Handduch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "peškir",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пешкир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krpa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крпа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "račnik",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рачник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tuala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "tūvāla",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "തൂവാല"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xugaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "fungku",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ᡶᡠᠩᡴᡠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrw",
      "lang": "Maranao",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "towaliya"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "towayle"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "alčuur",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "алчуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "alčiɣur",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭᠤᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "beeʼádítʼoodí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "english": "face towel",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "beeʼádítʼoodí yázhí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sèrviette"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "sihkaldat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "håndkle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handkle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handkle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handklede"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "ručĭnikŭ",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ручьникъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wæterclāþ"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "fooxaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "destar",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "دستار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "dast pãk",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دست پاک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "dastmãl",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دستمال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tawlyã",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "توليا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tawlyá",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "توليه"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "hawla",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "حَوْلَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "ābčīn",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "آبْچِین"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "howle",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "حُوْلِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "âbčin",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "آبْچین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ręcznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toalha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "taulīā",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਤੌਲੀਆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prosop"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sientamauns"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poloténce",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полоте́нце"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rušník",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "рушни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ručník",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "ручни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sjd",
      "lang": "Kildin Sami",
      "roman": "otjeral’nehk’",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "отеральнэһкь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "sekldõs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "uʹtreeʹlniǩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "sekldõk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tialla de facci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tiallòra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "frobbidoryu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "frobbidorzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пѐшкӣр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀брус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ру̀чнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pèškīr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ùbrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rùčnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tuvagghia"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "tuwā",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "තුවා"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uterák"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ručník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brisača"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "trjenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toballa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tobaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fazaleja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "taulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "handduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tab",
      "lang": "Tabasaran",
      "roman": "dasmal",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "дасмал"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tuwalya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dasturüpokkun",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "дастурӯпоккун"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tanpokkun",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "танпоккун"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sačoq",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "сачоқ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tuvālai",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "துவாலை"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tûoyoną"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "sölge",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "сөлге"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "jimpaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tuvālu",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "తువాలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pâa-kǒn-nǔu",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ผ้าขนหนู"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pâa-chét-dtuua",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ผ้าเช็ดตัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a cor",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "ཨ་ཅོར"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "zhal cor",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "ཞལ་ཅོར"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "havlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "peşkir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "polotenste"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "polotense"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "polotensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rušnýk",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рушни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "utyráč",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "утира́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tauliya",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَولِیَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "english": "hand towel",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ābcīn",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آبچِین"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "aṅgochā",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَن٘گوچھا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "löngge",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "لۆڭگە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "sochiq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "khăn"
    },
    {
      "code": "war",
      "lang": "Waray-Waray",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tu-alya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tywel"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "itawuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tao",
      "lang": "Yami",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "tenegey"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
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      "word": "האַנטעך"
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      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "hewli"
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      "code": "zza",
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      "code": "zza",
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      "sense": "cloth used for wiping",
      "word": "holi"
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    "towel"
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}

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    {
      "word": "towel down"
    },
    {
      "word": "towel off"
    },
    {
      "word": "towel up"
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      "word": "untoweled"
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      "word": "untowelled"
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        "To hit with a towel."
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        "(transitive) To hit with a towel."
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        "To dry by using a towel."
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        "(transitive) To dry by using a towel."
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          "ref": "2012, Dave Tomar, The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat:",
          "text": "We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug."
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        "To beat with a stick, or \"oaken towel\"."
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          "Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary",
          "w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909"
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          "w:Merriam-Webster"
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        "(UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or \"oaken towel\"."
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      "enpr": "toul"
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    {
      "enpr": "touʹəl"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtaʊ(ə)l/"
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      "ipa": "[tʰæɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Philadelphia"
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      "ipa": "[tʰæɒ̯ɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-US"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
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  "word": "towel"
}

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