handtowel

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A form of hand towel — A small towel used for drying the hands or face.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounhandtowel (plural handtowels)

plural handtowels

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hand towel.

    The Mother hits him with a handtowel, and says, "Sometimes you can be so mean to her."

    2000, Earl Ray Jones, Their First Time
    2 more examples

    It was an object wrapped in a small handtowel. Climbing back into bed, she put the wrapped object on the sheet in front of her, but did not unwrap the handtowel. Icould see that it was monogrammed with the red letters “W. P.”

    2001, Roy Hoopes, Our Man In Washington

    To access the abdomen and maintain the draping of the chest and breasts a handtowel is used. The handtowel is placed over the chest and secured by the therapist at the top edge with one hand.

    2010, Lisa Casanelia, David Stelfox, Foundations of Massage
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Chicago

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

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