towel
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
Noun 1 meaning
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
“He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.”
Verb 3 meanings
To dry by using a towel.
“He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.”
To hit with a towel.
To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
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”).
TOWEL at a glance
TOWEL has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + W 4 + E 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,742 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with towel
All rhymes- JEWEL15
- BOWEL10
- VOWEL11
- TROWEL9
- DOWEL9
- NEWEL8
- DISEMBOWEL18
- CREWEL11
- DISHTOWEL16
- SEWEL8
- ROWEL8
- SEMIVOWEL17
One letter away
- TOWER8
- BOWEL10
- TOWED9
- VOWEL11
- DOWEL9
- ROWEL8
- TEWEL8
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