towel

Pronunciation

• enPR: toul or touʹəl
• IPA: /taʊl/ or /ˈtaʊ.əl/

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Noun

Singular towel

Plural towels

This girl has a towl wrapped around her

This woman is lying on a towel

1. A towel is a large, soft piece of cloth that people use for drying themselves after they have a bath, or for drying dishes after they are washed.

   I want to have a shower, but there are no clean towels!

   Would you hand me the dishtowel, please, so I can dry this pot?