dish towel

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dish towel

She dries a plate with a clean dish towel.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A towel for drying dishes: A cloth, typically made of absorbent material like cotton or linen, used specifically for drying dishes, glasses, cutlery, and other kitchenware after they have been washed.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • After washing the plates, she dried them with a clean dish towel.
    • Please hang the wet dish towel over the oven handle to dry.
    • We need to buy some new dish towels; these are getting old and thin.
Advanced Usage
  • "To be as common as a dish towel": An informal expression describing something very ordinary, ubiquitous, or unremarkable.
    • In that era, a black telephone was as common as a dish towel.
Variants and Related Words

  • Tea towel (n): A synonym commonly used in British English.

    • She folded the tea towel and put it in the drawer.

  • Dishcloth (n): A cloth used for washing dishes, not specifically for drying them. (Note: This is a related but distinct item).

    • He scrubbed the pot with a soapy dishcloth.
Synonyms
  • Drying cloth: A general term for a cloth used to dry items.
  • Kitchen towel: A broader term that can refer to a towel for drying dishes or for general kitchen use.
Related Phrases
  • "To throw in the dish towel": A playful variation of the idiom "to throw in the towel" (meaning to give up), humorously adapted for a kitchen context.
    • After the third failed attempt at the recipe, I was ready to throw in the dish towel.
dish towel

She dries a plate with a clean dish towel.

Noun
  1. a towel for drying dishes

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