towel

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Synonyms: tower, bowel, trowel, dowel, rowel, towed, owel, thowel, vowel, tewel, nowel

Antonyms: tower, bowel, trowel, dowel, rowel, towed, owel, thowel, vowel, tewel, nowel

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Noun

1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

Verb

1. {{lbl|en|transitive}} To dry by using a towel.
2. {{lbl|en|transitive}} To hit with a towel.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
4. {{lb|en|UK|dialect|obsolete|transitive}} To [[beat]] with a [[stick]], or "[[oaken towel]]".<ref>{{R:Webster 1913}}</ref>

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