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shop towel

shop towel noun: a strong paper towel.

Noun

shop towel (plural shop towels)

  1. A strong paper towel.
    • Before you apply the lubricant, be sure the chain gets a good cleaning with a stiff bristle brush and a good rub down in clean rags or shop towels.2008 May, Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader, page 101
    • She'd come back from the hangar with Clint and some shop towels for Bendix's wound.2013, John Sandrolini, One for Our Baby

Forms of shop towel

pluralshop towels

Questions about shop towel

What does shop towel mean?
Shop towel means a strong paper towel.
What part of speech is shop towel?
Shop towel is a noun.
What is the plural of shop towel?
The plural of shop towel is shop towels.

Words near shop towel in the dictionary

  1. shop steals
  2. shop steward
  3. shop stewards
  4. shop talk
  5. shop time
  6. shop towel
  7. shop towels
  8. shop vac
  9. shop vacs
  10. shop window
  11. shop windows

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