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facecloths

facecloths is the plural of facecloth.

Meaning of facecloth

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

Questions about facecloths

What is facecloths the plural of?
Facecloths is the plural of facecloth.

Words near facecloths in the dictionary

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

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