Definition of "towel" []

• A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying. (noun)
• To wipe or rub dry with a towel. (verb-transitive)
• To dry oneself with a towel. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If you can manage with _one towel_ by washing it every day, or evening, allowing it to dry during the night, one towel will be sufficient; leave the others at home."
• "*pulls hunnert dollar towel outta londry baskit and puts it in warshing mashine, oblivious to GP-sized lump in towel*"
• "Michael Carrick insists Manchester United have not thrown in the title towel just yet."