bath towel

[ bath, bahth ]

noun

1. a large towel used to dry the body after bathing or showering, usually made of heavy, absorbent material.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bath towel¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

If you’re looking for the kind of result you get from drying your hair and body with a cushy bath towel, this isn’t it.

From Outside Online

He turned away from the window and switched his bath towel from the washstand rail, sick at heart.

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She spread a bath towel over a chair, moved another chair near, put out various articles of clothing, and left the room again.

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The bath towel that was nearly suffocating Harriet was partly removed from her head.

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Her brother, surprised and gratified, handed her the bath-towel in the depths of which reposed the batrachian.

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One cannot effectively scold a moist nineteen-year old boy clad only in a bath-towel and a cloud of steam.

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