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towelled

towelled adjective: wearing a towel. Also the simple past and past participle of towel.

Adjective

towelled (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a towel.
    • He tied the apron on with a little bow behind and strode to the big marble slab like a towelled man to a Turkish bath.1963, William Sansom, “Hot and Cold”, in The London Magazine, page 11
    • Thick atmospheres obscure the fuzzy figures surrounding, towelled men wearing flip-flops, smearing shaving gel across their chins, sighing.2004, Rob Benvie, Safety of War, Coach House Books, →ISBN, page 21
    Synonyms:
    betowelled
  2. Dried with a towel.

Also used as

towelled is also the simple past and past participle of towel.

Synonyms of towelled

Forms of towelled

alternative formtoweled

Origin of towelled

From towel + -ed.

Words formed from towelled

Phrases with towelled

Questions about towelled

What does towelled mean?
Towelled means wearing a towel.
What part of speech is towelled?
Towelled is an adjective.

Words near towelled in the dictionary

  1. toweling down
  2. toweling off
  3. toweling up
  4. towelings
  5. Towell
  6. towelled
  7. towelled down
  8. towelled off
  9. towelled up
  10. towelless
  11. towellike

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