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Definition: Paper Towel |
Paper TowelNoun1. A disposable towel made of absorbent paper. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Paper Towel |
| Specialty definitions using "paper towel": roller printer, ROLLER VARNISHER, ROLLER-PRINT TENDER, RUG-CLEANER HELPER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Just use a paper towel! (Aqua Teen Hunger Force; writing credit: Matt Maiellaro; Dave Willis) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use fine-tipped tweezers or shield your fingers with a tissue, paper towel, or rubber gloves (Figure 17). When possible, persons should avoid removing ticks with bare hands. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "paper towel": paper towel dispenser. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paper towel holder | 194 |
paper towel | 174 |
paper towel dispenser | 86 |
bounty paper towel | 73 |
brawny paper towel | 22 |
viva paper towel | 14 |
mardi gras paper towel | 13 |
absorbent bathroom paper towel | 3 |
guest hand paper towel | 3 |
dispenser georgia pacific paper towel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paper towel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | papirhaandklaede. (various references) | |
Dutch | papieren handdoek. (various references) | |
French | essuie-main en papier. (various references) | |
German | Papiertuch (paper tissue, tissue), Papier Handtuch. (various references) | |
Greek | χάρτινη χειροπετσέτα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | papírtörölköző (kitchen roll, kitchen towel). (various references) | |
Italian | asciugamano di carta. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aperpay oweltay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trituradora de papel, lenço de limpar as mãos de papel. (various references) | |
Spanish | toalla de papel. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Paper Towel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paper towl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-o-p-p-r-t-w" | |
-3 letters: operate, parolee, peopler, petrale, pleater, prelate, pretape, prolate, replate. | |
-4 letters: areole, elater, eloper, lapper, lappet, laptop, leaper, lopper, oleate, palter, parole, patrol, pelota, pelter, people, petrel, petrol, pewter, plater, plower, poplar, portal, powter, prelaw, propel, protea, rappee, rappel, relate, repeal, repeat, replot, retape, tapper, topper, topple, trowel, welter. | |
-5 letters: alert, alter, aport, appel, apple, apter, arete, artel, eater, elate, elope, etape, laree, later, leapt, leper, lepta, loper, lower, oater, opera, orate, owlet, paler, palet, paper, pareo, parle, parol, pater, pawer, pearl, peart, pepla, perea, petal, peter, plate, pleat, polar, poler, power, prate, prole, prowl, ratel, relet, repel, repot, rewet, rowel, taler, taper, tawer, telae, tepal, tolar, topee, toper, towel, tower, trawl, trope, twerp, waler, water, wrapt, wrote. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 70 65 72 54 6F 77 65 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010100 01101111 01110111 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a p e r   T o w e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0070 0065 0072 0054 006F 0077 0065 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506782718425481897178 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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