floorcloth

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noun

A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounfloorcloth (plural floorcloths)

plural floorcloths · alternative floor-cloth

  1. A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.
  2. Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian подочистачка
  • подочистачка (podočistačka)cloth for cleaning floors
Catalan baieta
  • baietacloth for cleaning floors
Chinese Mandarin 地板布
  • 地板布 (dìbǎn bù)cloth for cleaning floors
Dutch dweil
  • dweilcloth for cleaning floors
Finnish lattiarätti, rätti
  • lattiarätticloth for cleaning floors
  • rätticloth for cleaning floors
French serpillière, serpillère
  • serpillièrecloth for cleaning floors
  • serpillèrecloth for cleaning floors
  • panossecloth for cleaning floors
German Bodentuch, Putzlappen
  • Bodentuchcloth for cleaning floors
  • Putzlappencloth for cleaning floors
  • Feudelcloth for cleaning floors
  • Wischlappencloth for cleaning floors
  • Wischtuchcloth for cleaning floors
Irish ceirt urláir
  • ceirt urláircloth for cleaning floors
Japanese (床)雑巾
  • (床)雑巾 (zōkin)cloth for cleaning floors
Polish szmata do podłogi
  • szmata do podłogicloth for cleaning floors
Portuguese pano de chão
  • pano de chãocloth for cleaning floors
Russian полова́я тря́пка
  • полова́я тря́пка (polovája trjápka)cloth for cleaning floors
Spanish aljofifa, bayeta
  • aljofifacloth for cleaning floors
  • bayetacloth for cleaning floors
  • coletocloth for cleaning floors
  • frazada de pisocloth for cleaning floors
  • jergacloth for cleaning floors
  • paño rejillacloth for cleaning floors
  • rodillacloth for cleaning floors
  • traperocloth for cleaning floors
  • trapo de pisocloth for cleaning floors
  • trapo rejillacloth for cleaning floors
Swedish skurtrasa
  • skurtrasacloth for cleaning floors
Welsh clwt llawr
  • clwt llawrcloth for cleaning floors
Cite this entry
APA

floorcloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floorcloth

MLA

“floorcloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floorcloth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floorcloth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floorcloth.

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