I. tow‧el¹ S3 /ˈtaʊəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: toaille]
a piece of cloth that you use for drying your skin or for drying things such as dishes:
Have you got a clean towel I could use?
bath/beach/kitchen towel
She dried her hands on the kitchen towel.
⇒ paper towel, sanitary pad, tea towel, ⇒ throw in the towel at THROW IN(3)

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II. towel² (also towel down/off) verb (past tense and past participle towelled, present participle towelling British English, toweled, toweling American English) [transitive]
to dry yourself using a towel:
He stood in the doorway, towelling his hair dry.
⇒ towelling

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towel
noun
ADJ. clean, fresh | damp, wet | dry | rolled-up | fluffy, soft, thick | paper | bath, bathroom, beach, hand, kitchen, tea | roller | sanitary
VERB + TOWEL drape, wrap He had a towel draped across his shoulders.
TOWEL + VERB hang Several towels hung over the side of the bath.
TOWEL + NOUN rail a heated towel rail

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towel
ˈtauəl
See: throw in the sponge or throw in the towel

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