dishtowel

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noun

A towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes.

“A child of the Great Depression, Grandma would never throw away a dishtowel until it had more holes than thread.”

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dishclothtea toweltea clothdish towel
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Meanings

noundishtowel (plural dishtowels)

plural dishtowels · alternative dish towel

  1. A towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes.

    A child of the Great Depression, Grandma would never throw away a dishtowel until it had more holes than thread.

    Synonyms: dishcloth, tea towel, tea cloth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes.

Similar
dishclothtea toweltea cloth

More synonyms by meaning

nouna towel for drying dishes

Similar
dish toweltea towel
Broader
towel
Also see
dishclothdish toweltea towel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dish + towel.

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APA

dishtowel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishtowel

MLA

“dishtowel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishtowel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dishtowel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishtowel.

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