noun
Meaning 1
A large towel used to dry the body after bathing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
bath towel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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băth′ tou′əl
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌbæθ ˈtaʊ̯.əl/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, also: /ˌbaθ ˈtaʊ̯.əl/
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Australian: /ˌbæθ ˈtæɔ̯.əl/
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New-Zealand: /ˌbɛθ ˈtæʊ̯.əl/
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Scotland: /ˌbaθ ˈtʌʊ̯.əl/
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Scotland: /ˌbaθ ˈtʌʊ̯.ʌl/
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India: /ˌba(ː)t̪ ˈʈəw.el/
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India: /ˌba(ː)t̪ ˈʈɑw.el/
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noun
Meaning 2
a large towel; to dry yourself after a bath
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bath linen, towel
Narrower terms: Turkish towel, terry towel
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: peshqir m havlli — towel for drying the body
- Aromanian: prusopi — towel for drying the body
- Bulgarian: пешки́р (peškír) — towel for drying the body
- Bulgarian: пещема́л (peštemál) — towel for drying the body
- Catalan: tovallola de bany — towel for drying the body
- Chinese Cantonese: 沖涼巾 /冲凉巾 — towel for drying the body
- Chinese Mandarin: 浴巾 (yùjīn) — towel for drying the body
- Teochew: 浴布 (êg8 bou3) — towel for drying the body
- Czech: ručník — towel for drying the body
- Czech: osuška — towel for drying the body
- Danish: badehåndklæde — towel for drying the body
- Dutch: badhanddoek — towel for drying the body
- Esperanto: bantuko — towel for drying the body
- Estonian: vannilina — towel for drying the body
- Finnish: kylpypyyhe — towel for drying the body
- French: serviette de bain — towel for drying the body
- German: Badetuch — towel for drying the body
- Hunsrik: Handduch — towel for drying the body
- Irish: tuáille folctha — towel for drying the body
- Italian: asciugamano da bagno — towel for drying the body
- Japanese: バスタオル (basutaoru) — towel for drying the body
- Korean: 목욕 수건 (mogyok sugeon) — towel for drying the body
- Korean: 목욕타올 (mogyoktaol) — towel for drying the body
- Norwegian Bokmål: badehåndkle — towel for drying the body
- Norwegian Nynorsk: badehandkle — towel for drying the body
- Polish: prześcieradło kąpielowe — towel for drying the body
- Polish: czecheł — towel for drying the body
- Portuguese: toalha de banho — towel for drying the body
- Portuguese: lençol de banho — towel for drying the body
- Romanian: prosop — towel for drying the body
- Russian: ба́нное полоте́нце (bánnoje poloténce) — towel for drying the body
- Spanish: toalla de baño — towel for drying the body
- Slovak: ručník — towel for drying the body
- Slovak: osuška — towel for drying the body
- Slovene: kopálna brisáča — towel for drying the body
- Swedish: badhandduk — towel for drying the body
- Swedish: badlakan — towel for drying the body
- Tamil: துண்டு (tuṇṭu) — towel for drying the body
- Thai: ผ้าเช็ดตัว (pâa-chét-dtuua) — towel for drying the body
- Welsh: lliain mawr — towel for drying the body