noun
Meaning 1
A flannel for washing the face.
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Standard Lemma guide
facecloth
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noun
Meaning 2
A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
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History
Etymology
From face + cloth.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кърпа за лице (kǎrpa za lice) — flannel for washing the face
- Ancient Greek: φακιάλιον (phakiálion) — flannel for washing the face
- Kyrgyz: жумшак жуугуч (jumşak juuguc) — flannel for washing the face
- Kyrgyz: жумшак майлык (jumşak maylık) — flannel for washing the face
- Polish: myjka — flannel for washing the face
- Serbo-Croatian: trljačica — flannel for washing the face
- Zhuang: gaenswiqnaj — flannel for washing the face
- Zhuang: uetnaj — flannel for washing the face
- Zhuang: sujbaqnaj — flannel for washing the face
- Zhuang: soujgaennaj — flannel for washing the face