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Meanings of dish cloth in English

A cloth for use in washing dishes.

Synonyms
Examples for "dishcloth"
Examples for "dishcloth"
1
A damp dishcloth underneath your chopping board will keep it in place.
Radio NZ
2
In the fireplace a dishcloth is hanging on one of the fire-iron holders.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
3
Then he went into the kitchen and fixed the dishcloth rack.
Where the Blue Begins
4
Fern did her best to staunch the flow with a dishcloth.
The witch queen
5
He grinned and fished around on a shelf for a dishcloth.
Madcap
1
Mary cinched more in a dishrag and pressed it to his belly.
The marrowbone marble company
2
She threw the damp dishrag on the kitchen counter and headed outside.
On mystic lake
3
When he pays me, I take a dishrag and wipe the mark off.
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
4
Sometimes she dreamed of Xavier, standing with his dishrag in the Dry Bean.
Lonesome dove
5
Marybeth laughed, found a dishrag, and chucked it in his face.
Heart-shaped box
Usage of dish cloth in English
1
Adele was standing there with a dish cloth pressed against her mouth.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
2
Drain the potatoes and place on a clean dish cloth and pat dry.
The South African
3
She set her dish cloth down and pulled out a chair.
The well and the mine
4
The greasy dish cloth furnishes a most favorable field for the growth of germs.
Public School Domestic Science
5
Knead the dough to form a ball and cover it with a dish cloth.
The South African
6
Beware of the disease-breeding, greasy, damp, dish cloth hung in a warm, dark place.
Public School Domestic Science
7
He returned with a tiny dish cloth!
Sahm I am
8
Look what you've done! He took a dish cloth and began to wipe up stuff from the pan.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
9
A handle dish cloth.
Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
10
A wire dish cloth.
Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
11
Although it's a jacket, it also serves as a towel, possibly as a dish cloth, and maybe as a hanky too.
The new yorker
12
Here the feminine element reigned supreme, their heads eclipsed beneath a stolen dish cloth, a borrowed towel, or a grimy handkerchief.
With Those Who Wait
13
Use a handle dish cloth (which can be bought for five cents), for these, as the water will be too hot for the hands.
Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
14
Do not allow soiled rags, dish cloths or towels to lie around the kitchen.
Public School Domestic Science
15
Wash and scald the dish cloths and towels after each dish washing, hanging them outside to dry-ifpossible.
Public School Domestic Science
16
Went through men like dish cloths.
The half life of stars: a novel