en towel

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, DBPedia 2015, OpenCyc 2012, Verbosity players, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar مِنْشَفَة (n, artifact) ➜
  • ca eixugamans (n, artifact) ➜
  • ca eixugar (v, contact) ➜
  • ca eixugar-se (v, contact) ➜
  • ca tovallola (n, artifact) ➜
  • da håndklæde (n, artifact) ➜
  • pt toalha ➜
  • sh peškir ➜
  • sh ručnik ➜
  • sh ubrus ➜
  • es pasar una toalla (v, contact) ➜
  • es secar (v, contact) ➜
  • es toalla (n, artifact) ➜
  • eu eskuoihalaz garbitu (v, contact) ➜
  • eu lehortu (v, contact) ➜
  • eu toailaz lehortu (v, contact) ➜
  • fa حوله (n, artifact) ➜
  • fa دستمال کاغذی (n, artifact) ➜
  • fi kuivata (v, contact) ➜
  • fi pyyhe (n, artifact) ➜
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Related terms

  • en napkin ➜
  • sh peškir (n) ➜
  • sh ručnik (n) ➜
  • sh ubrus (n) ➜
  • sh šugaman (n) ➜
  • ady нэӏаплъэкӏ (n) ➜
  • ady ӏэплъэкӏ (n) ➜
  • ar فوطة (n) ➜
  • ar منشفة (n) ➜
  • arc סודרא (n) ➜
  • arc שושפא (n) ➜
  • ast toballa (n) ➜
  • az dəsmal (n) ➜
  • ba таҫтамал (n) ➜
  • bo ཞལ ཅོར (n) ➜
  • bo ཨ ཅོར (n) ➜
  • ca tovallola (n) ➜
  • ceb lampin (n) ➜
  • ceb tapis (n) ➜
  • ceb toalya (n) ➜
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towel is used for…

  • en cleaning up ➜
  • en cleaning up messes ➜
  • en dry dishes ➜
  • en drying off ➜
  • en absorbing moisture ➜
  • en absord any kind of liquid ➜
  • en being dry ➜
  • en clean up a mess ➜
  • en cleaning ➜
  • en dry your hands and body ➜
  • en dry your self ➜
  • en dry yourself ➜
  • en dry yourself after swimming ➜
  • en dry yourself if you are wet ➜
  • en drying your body ➜
  • en drying the body after a bath ➜
  • en drying the body after a shower ➜
  • en drying your body after swimming ➜
  • en drying your hair ➜
  • en drying your hair after washing ➜
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Types of towel

  • en bath towel (n, artifact) ➜
  • en beach towel (n, artifact) ➜
  • en dish towel (n, artifact) ➜
  • en hand towel (n, artifact) ➜
  • en paper towel (n, artifact) ➜
  • en roller towel (n, artifact) ➜
  • en cloth towel (n) ➜
  • en hand towel (n) ➜
  • en lavabo ➜
  • en paper towel (n) ➜

Location of towel

  • en at hotel ➜
  • en a swimming pool ➜
  • en a backpack ➜
  • en the closet ➜
  • en the cupboard ➜
  • en the dryer ➜
  • en the gym ➜
  • en a hotel ➜
  • en a linen closet ➜
  • en a locker room ➜
  • en a motel ➜
  • en a roof ➜

towel is capable of…

  • en dry hair ➜
  • en dry your body ➜
  • en dry the dishes ➜
  • en dry spilled milk ➜
  • en dry wet skin ➜

Derived terms

  • en dishtowel ➜
  • en hand towel ➜
  • en towel off ➜
  • en towel up ➜
  • en towelette ➜
  • en towelheaded ➜
  • en towelless ➜
  • en towellike ➜
  • en untoweled ➜

Word forms

  • en toweled (v) ➜
  • en toweling (v) ➜
  • en towelled (v) ➜
  • en towelling (v) ➜
  • en towel (n) ➜
  • en towels (n) ➜
  • en towels (v) ➜

towel is a type of…

  • en piece of cloth (n, artifact) ➜
  • en a wash cloth ➜
  • en foldable thing (n) ➜
  • en free sheet (n) ➜
  • en user guided device (n) ➜
  • en user powered device (n) ➜

Etymologically related

  • ang þwean ➜
  • ang þwean ➜
  • ang þwæle ➜
  • de zwehle ➜
  • enm towail ➜
  • enm towaille ➜
  • fr touaille ➜
  • goh dwahila ➜
  • nds dweel ➜
  • nl dwaal ➜
  • nl dweil ➜
  • es toalla ➜
  • gl toalla ➜
  • it tovaglia ➜
  • ja タオル ➜
  • ko 타월 ➜
  • lv dvielis ➜
  • tpi taul ➜

Etymological roots of "towel"

  • enm towel ➜
  • frk thwahila ➜
  • fro toaille ➜

Etymologically derived terms

  • gu ટુવાલ ➜
  • sw taulo ➜

towel is a way of…

  • en wipe (v, contact) ➜

towel can be…

  • en found in a bathroom ➜
  • en found in a sauna ➜

Parts of towel

  • en A thread ➜

Antonyms

  • en napkin ➜

Links to other resources

  • dbpedia.org Towel
  • umbel.org /umbel/sc/Towel
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q131696
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu throw+in+the+towel-p#Component-4
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Towel
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 104466597-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 201396989-v
  • en.wiktionary.org towel
  • fr.wiktionary.org towel
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