towelling

tow·el

 (tou′əl)

n.

A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.

v. tow·eled, tow·el·ing, tow·els or tow·elled or tow·el·ling

v.tr.

To wipe or rub dry with a towel.

v.intr.

To dry oneself with a towel.

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[Middle English towaille, from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin.]

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tow·el·ing

also tow·el·ling  (tou′ə-lĭng, tou′lĭng)

n.

Any of various fabrics of cotton or linen used for making towels.

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towelling

(ˈtaʊəlɪŋ)

n

(Textiles) an absorbent fabric, esp with a nap, used for making towels, bathrobes, etc

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

towelling - any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels toweling cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" huck, huckaback - toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric terry cloth, terrycloth, terry - a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes

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Translations

قُماش المَناشِف

tkanina froté

frotté

Handtuchstoff

tissu éponge

frottír

handklæîaefni

spugna

kjøkkenhåndklestoff

froté

havluluk kumaş

毛巾布

towelling

toweling (US) [ˈtaʊəlɪŋ] N → felpa f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

towelling

[ˈtaʊəlɪŋ]

n (= fabric) → tissu m éponge, éponge f

modif [bathrobe] → en épongetowel rail (British) towel rack (US) n → porte-serviettes m inv

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towelling

n → Frottee(stoff) m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

towelling

[ˈtaʊəlɪŋ] n (fabric) → (tessuto di) spugna

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

towel

(ˈtauəl) noun

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 وچونى toalha prosop; ştergar полотенце uterák; utierka brisača peškir handduk ผ้าขนหนู havlu 毛巾，擦...紙 рушник توليہ khăn 毛巾，擦...纸

verb – past tense, past participle ˈtowelled , (American) ˈtoweled –

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 cu prosopul вытирать(ся) полотенцем utrieť sa uterákom otreti z brisačo brisati peškirom torka (gnida) med handduk เช็ดให้แห้ง (ด้วยผ้าขนหนู) havlu ile kurula(n)mak 用毛巾擦 витирати(ся) рушником توليہ سے پونچھنا lau khô 用毛巾擦

ˈtowelling noun

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 махровая ткань froté (látka) blago za brisače frotir handduksväv, frotté ผ้าขนหนู havluluk kumaş 毛巾布 тканина для рушників ايک کھردرا کپڑا جس سے توليہ بنايا جاتا ہے khăn lau 毛巾布

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