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Meaning of towel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈtaʊ(ə)l

Definitions

  1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath
  2. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
  3. To dry by using a towel
  4. A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.
  5. To hit with a towel
  6. To wipe or rub dry with a towel.
  7. To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug
  8. To dry oneself with a towel.
  9. a piece of any of several types of absorbent cloth or paper for drying oneself, dishes etc after washing etc. After her swim she dried herself with a towel; a roll of paper kitchen towels. handdoek مِنْشَفَه кърпа toalha ručník; utěrka das Handtuch håndklæde; køkkenrulle πετσέταtoalla; paño rätik حوله pyyhe serviette; torchonמגבת तौलिया ubrus, ručnik törülköző handuk handklæði, viskustykki asciugamano タオル 수건 rankšluostis dvielis tuala handdoekhåndkleręcznik ټوال، ځان وچونى، دسمال، توليه، لوښ ...
    etc
  10. To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel"
  11. to rub with a towel. afdroog يُنَشِّف избърсвам limpar-se com uma toalha utřít se ručníkem abtrocknen tørre med håndklæde σκουπίζω με πετσέτα secar con toalla pühkima با حوله خشک کردن pyyhkiä essuyer avec une serviette לְנַגֵב हार मानना obrisati ručnikom, ubrusom törülközővel (le)töröl menyeka þurrka með handklæði asciugare タオルで拭く 수건으로 닦다 ðluostyti(s) []slaucīt ar dvieli mengelap dgn tuala afdrogenfrottere, tørke med håndkle wycierać ręcznikiem لوښ وچونى limpar-se a uma toalha a (se) şterge c...
  12. a kind of rough cloth from which towels etc are made. handdoekstof قُماش المَناشِف хавлиен плат за кърпи pano de toalha tkanina froté der Handtuchstoff frotté ύφασμα πετσετέ felpa käterätiriie پارچه حوله ای froteekangas tissu éponge אָרִיג מָגֶבֶת मोटा कपड़ा frotir, tkanina za ručnike frottír bahan handuk handklæðaefni (tessuto per asciugamani) タオル地 수건감 rankšluostinė medžiaga dvieļu audums kain tuala badstofkjøkkenhåndklestoff (rodzaj materiału) دتوليې ټوكر، دټوال ټوكر turco pânză de prosop м...
    etc
  13. toalla.
  14. a square or rectangular piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying the body
  15. a similar piece of cloth used for drying plates, cutlery, etc
  16. (Boxing) throw in the towel See throw in4

Equivalents

Afrikaans handdoek
العربية المنشفة منشفة
Azərbaycanca dəsmal
Беларуская ручнік
Български кърпа пешкир
বাংলা তোয়ালে
བོད་སྐད ཞལ་ཅོར ཨ་ཅོར
Català tovallola
Čeština ručník
Deutsch Handtuch
Ελληνικά πετσέτα
Esperanto mantuko viŝilo
Español fazaleja toalla tobaja toballa
Eesti rätik
Français serviette
Gaeilge tuáille
Gàidhlig searbhadair tubhailt
Galego toalla
ગુજરાતી ટુવાલ
עברית מגבת
Magyar törülköző
Հայերեն սրբիչ
Bahasa Indonesia handuk
Íslenska handklæði
Italiano asciugamano
日本語 タオル
ქართული პირსახოცი
Қазақша сүлгі
ខ្មែរ កន្សែង
한국어 수건 타월
Latina mantele
Lëtzebuergesch Handduch
Lietuvių rankšluostis
Latviešu dvielis
Македонски крпа пешкир
മലയാളം തൂവാല
Монгол алчуур
Bahasa Melayu tuala
Malti xugaman
မြန်မာဘာသာ မျက်နှာသုတ်ပဝါ
Nederlands handdoek
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਤੌਲੀਆ
Polski ręcznik
Português toalha
Română prosop
Slovenčina uterák
Slovenščina brisača
Shqip havlli peshqir
Svenska handduk
Kiswahili taulo
தமிழ் துண்டு
Тоҷикӣ сачоқ
Tagalog tuwalya
Türkçe havlu peşkir
Українська рушник
Tiếng Việt khăn
IsiXhosa itawuli

Examples

“He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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