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facecloth

facecloth noun: a flannel for washing the face.

Noun

facecloth (plural facecloths)

  1. A flannel for washing the face.
  2. A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
    • The same word, soudarion, is used for the facecloth of Jesus in John 20:7.2012, Michel Barnes, A Man of the Church, page 226

Forms of facecloth

pluralfacecloths

Origin of facecloth

From face + cloth.

Questions about facecloth

What does facecloth mean?
Facecloth means a flannel for washing the face.
What part of speech is facecloth?
Facecloth is a noun.
What is the plural of facecloth?
The plural of facecloth is facecloths.

Words near facecloth in the dictionary

  1. facecare
  2. facecheek
  3. facecheeks
  4. faceclaim
  5. faceclaims
  6. facecloth
  7. facecloths
  8. facecrime
  9. facecrimes
  10. faced
  11. faced down

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