Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "towel" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

at hotel backpack closet cupboard dryer gym hotel linen closet locker room motel roof swimming pool

Capable Of

dry body dry dishes dry hair dry spilled milk dry wet skin

Derived Terms

Terrible Towel Turkish towel bath towel beach towel cum towel cup towel dish towel dishtowel golf towel hand towel jack towel kitchen towel oaken towel paper towel paper toweling rally towel roller towel sanitary towel shaving towel shop towel show towel sky the towel tea towel throw in the towel towel down towel gourd towel off towel rail towel snap towel up towel-horse towelette towelhead toweling towelless towellike untoweled untowelled

Context

dialect uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

pass over piece of cloth piece of material wipe

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Derived terms below lavabo

Type Of (IsA)

foldable thing free sheet piece of cloth user guided device user powered device wash cloth

Manner Of

wipe

Receives Action

found in bathroom found in sauna

Related Terms

beat stick

Used For

absorbing moisture absord kind of liquid being dry clean up mess cleaning cleaning up cleaning up messes dry dishes dry hands and body dry self dry yourself dry yourself after swimming dry yourself if wet drying body drying body after bath drying body after shower drying body after swimming drying hair drying hair after washing drying hair dishes etc drying hands drying off drying wet objects laying on while at beach modesty sitting on at beach wiping

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.