dishcloth

See also: dish-cloth and dish cloth

English

A green dishcloth (for drying dishes)

Alternative forms

• dish cloth, dish-cloth

Etymology

Compound of dish +‎ cloth.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dishcloth (plural dishcloths)

2. A cloth used to wash dishes.

   Synonyms: dishrag (often deprecatory); dishclout (obsolete)

   Hypernym: cloth

   Coordinate terms: (hand-dishwashing implements) scouring pad, scrubby, scrubbie, scrubber, sponge; dishtowel, dish soap; (cloths for washing things) washcloth, washrag

4. A cloth used to dry dishes.

   Synonyms: tea towel, tea cloth, dishtowel

Derived terms

• dishcloth gourd

Translations

for washing

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: شيفون m (šifūn)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗碗布 (xǐwǎnbù)

• Crimean Tatar: yuvğuç
• Dutch: schotelvod (nl) m (Flanders), vaatdoek (nl) m
• Finnish: tiskirätti (fi), keittiöliina
• French: lavette (fr) f
• German: Spültuch (de) n, Spüllappen m
• Hungarian: mosogatóruha sg
• Irish: ceirt soithí f
• Italian: strofinaccio (it) m
• Limburgish: sjotelsplak m
• Norman: laveux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvaskklut m

  Nynorsk: oppvaskklut m

• Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra)
• Portuguese: esfregão da louça m
• Russian: тря́пка для мытья́ посу́ды f (trjápka dlja mytʹjá posúdy)
• Spanish: trapo de fregar m
• Swedish: disktrasa (sv) c, diskhandduk c
• Turkish: bulaşık bezi (tr), sarı bez (tr), temizlik bezi
• Walloon: strifion (wa) m, lagnet (wa) m, rilavete (wa) f

for drying

• Arabic: مِنْشَفَة f (minšafa), فُوطَة f (fūṭa)

  Moroccan Arabic: منديل m (mandīl), فوطة f (fūṭa)

• Catalan: baieta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茶巾 (chájīn), 抹布 (zh) (mābù)

• Czech: utěrka (cs) f
• Danish: viskestykke (da) n
• Dutch: (Flanders) keukenhanddoek (nl) m, vaatdoek (nl) m, theedoek (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: astiapyyhe (fi)
• French: torchon (fr) m, linge (fr) m (Quebec)
• German: Geschirrtuch (de) n; Trockentuch n
• Hungarian: törlőruha (hu), törülgető rongy, konyharuha (hu) sg
• Irish: tuáille gréithe m, éadach na soithí m, ceirt soithí f
• Italian: canovaccio (it) m
• Korean: 행주 (ko) (haengju)
• Norman: êssuyeux m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøkkenhåndkle n, kjøkkenhandkle n

• Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra)
• Polish: ścierka do naczyń f, ścierka kuchenna f, ręcznik kuchenny m
• Portuguese: pano de prato m, pano de copa m, pano de louça m
• Romanian: șervet (ro) n
• Russian: ку́хонное полоте́нце n (kúxonnoje poloténce), посу́дное полоте́нце n (posúdnoje poloténce)
• Spanish: paño de cocina m
• Swedish: diskhandduk c, kökshandduk (sv) c
• Walloon: drap d' schieles (wa) m, drap d' taexhons (wa) m, drap ås bidons m
• Welsh: lliain sychu llestri m