terry cloth

See also: terrycloth

English

Alternative forms

• terrycloth

Etymology

terry (unknown origin) + cloth

Noun

terry cloth (countable and uncountable, plural terry cloths)

1. An absorbent cotton fabric typically used for towels and bathrobes; towelling.

Translations

cotton fabric

• Bulgarian: хавлиена тъкан (havliena tǎkan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛巾布 (máojīnbù)

• Czech: froté (cs) n
• Dutch: badstof (nl) f
• Estonian: frotee
• Finnish: frotee (fi)
• French: tissu-éponge (fr) m
• German: Frottee (de) m or n
• Irish: tuáilléadach m, éadach tuáillí m
• Macedonian: фро́тир m (frótir)
• Polish: frotté (pl) n
• Russian: махро́вая ткань f (maxróvaja tkanʹ)
• Swedish: frotté (sv) c
• Thai: ผ้าขนหนู (th) (pâa-kǒn-nǔu)