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dishcloth

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cloth used to wash dishes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishrag, dishclout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cloth

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cloth used to dry dishes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tea towel, tea cloth, dishtowel

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a cloth for washing dishes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishrag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: piece of cloth, piece of material

History

Etymology

Compound of dish + cloth.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شيفون (šifūn) — for washing
  • Catalan: baieta — for washing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗碗布 (xǐwǎnbù) — for washing
  • Crimean Tatar: yuvğuç — for washing
  • Dutch: schotelvod — for washing
  • Dutch: vaatdoek — for washing
  • Finnish: tiskirätti — for washing
  • Finnish: keittiöliina — for washing
  • French: lavette — for washing
  • German: Spültuch — for washing
  • German: Spüllappen — for washing
  • Hungarian: mosogatóruha — for washing
  • Irish: ceirt soithí — for washing
  • Italian: strofinaccio — for washing
  • Limburgish: sjotelsplak — for washing
  • Norman: laveux — for washing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvaskklut — for washing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppvaskklut — for washing
  • Polish: ścierka do naczyń — for washing
  • Polish: ścierka kuchenna — for washing
  • Polish: ręcznik kuchenny — for washing
  • Portuguese: esfregão da louça — for washing
  • Russian: тря́пка для мытья́ посу́ды (trjápka dlja mytʹjá posúdy) — for washing
  • Spanish: trapo de fregar — for washing
  • Spanish: bayeta — for washing
  • Swedish: disktrasa — for washing
  • Swedish: diskhandduk — for washing
  • Turkish: bulaşık bezi — for washing
  • Turkish: sarı bez — for washing
  • Turkish: temizlik bezi — for washing
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra) — for washing
  • Walloon: strifion — for washing
  • Walloon: lagnet — for washing
  • Walloon: rilavete — for washing
  • Arabic: مِنْشَفَة (minšafa) — for drying
  • Arabic: فُوطَة (fūṭa) — for drying
  • Arabic: منديل (mandīl) — for drying
  • Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa) — for drying
  • Catalan: baieta — for drying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶巾 (chájīn) — for drying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抹布 (mābù) — for drying
  • Czech: utěrka — for drying
  • Danish: viskestykke — for drying
  • Dutch: keukenhanddoek — for drying
  • Dutch: vaatdoek — for drying
  • Dutch: theedoek — for drying
  • Finnish: astiapyyhe — for drying
  • French: torchon — for drying
  • French: linge — for drying
  • French: essuie de vaisselle — for drying
  • German: Geschirrtuch — for drying
  • German: Trockentuch — for drying
  • Hungarian: törlőruha — for drying
  • Hungarian: törülgető rongy — for drying
  • Hungarian: konyharuha — for drying
  • Irish: tuáille gréithe — for drying
  • Irish: éadach na soithí — for drying
  • Irish: ceirt soithí — for drying
  • Italian: canovaccio — for drying
  • Korean: 행주 (haengju) — for drying
  • Norman: êssuyeux — for drying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøkkenhåndkle — for drying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøkkenhandkle — for drying
  • Polish: ścierka do naczyń — for drying
  • Polish: ścierka kuchenna — for drying
  • Polish: ręcznik kuchenny — for drying
  • Portuguese: pano de prato — for drying
  • Portuguese: pano de copa — for drying
  • Portuguese: pano de louça — for drying
  • Romanian: șervet — for drying
  • Russian: ку́хонное полоте́нце (kúxonnoje poloténce) — for drying
  • Russian: посу́дное полоте́нце (posúdnoje poloténce) — for drying
  • Spanish: paño de cocina — for drying
  • Spanish: secador — for drying
  • Swedish: diskhandduk — for drying
  • Swedish: kökshandduk — for drying
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra) — for drying
  • Walloon: drap d' schieles — for drying
  • Walloon: drap d' taexhons — for drying
  • Walloon: drap ås bidons — for drying
  • Welsh: lliain sychu llestri — for drying