Cloths
/klɒθs/
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Definitions
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Pieces of material woven or felted, used for clothing, cleaning, or other purposes.
/klɒθs/
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General
Pieces of fabric
I need some clean cloths to wipe the table.
💡 Simply: Cloths are like pieces of fabric, maybe for cleaning or making something. Like a dishcloth or a piece of fabric for sewing.
👶 For kids: Cloths are like soft pieces of material.
More Examples
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She used colorful cloths to decorate the room.
How It's Used
Household
"She washed the cloths after cleaning the kitchen."
Textiles
"The store sells a wide variety of cloths for various purposes."
Plural of cloth. From Old English *clāþ, ultimately of Germanic origin.
The word 'cloths' has been used in essentially the same way for centuries, referring to pieces of fabric.
Memory tip
Think of 'clothes' - cloths are pieces of fabric like what clothes are made from.
Word Origin
LanguageOld English
Original meaning
"woven fabric"
clean clothscotton clothslinen cloths
Common misspellings
cloathscloths'
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