Towel

Extended view of the curly fabric of a towel.

A towel is a cut of absorbent fabric, called terry cloth, whose main function is to dry the moisture in the human body through direct contact. The objects are dried using a cloth or rags.

Types of towels

Hand towel.

Beach towel.

Futa tunecina.

• One towel standing is used to dry feet.
• One bath towel or Toallón is used to dry the body after bathing or showering. It is usually rectangular, with a typical size of about 75×150 cm. Some smaller bath towels are designed to use them as bath mats in order to support your feet and not slip when you leave the shower.
• One beach towel is usually a little bigger than a bath towel. Although often used to dry after having been in the water, its main purpose is to provide a surface on which to lie. They are also used to preserve the prudent while one changes clothes in a public place and to clean the body sand or beach objects. Beach towels often have colorful forms printed or woven in them.
• One hand towel is perceptibly smaller than a bath towel (perhaps 30x60 centimeters) and is used to dry hands after washing them. He usually hangs from a wiper next to the sink.
• One paper towel is a piece of absorbent paper that can be used once as a towel and then disposed of. A perforated roll of the paper towels is normally mounted on a bar a little longer than the width of the roll, or on an alternative type of suspension that has musca on the sides, musca on which the ends of the roll fit. Paper towels can also be found packed as fine fabrics of kleenex on individual folded leaves.
• One compact towel it is a towel compressed to high pressures getting its volume reduced to a cylinder of 2×1 cm. Towels recover their original form (32×25 cm extended) while maintaining all their properties when wet with a liquid. With a density of up to 50 g/m2, to a format of 2 cm in diameter × 1 cm high. Its texture very similar to cotton, the product is 100% biodegradable and fully recyclable. Material: 100% scratch. 100% biodegradable and recyclable. It's not toxic and sterilized.
• One Turkish towel also known as futa or mantaraya, it is a towel of exquisite texture and softness.

Alternative uses

Typical towels store of Vila Real de Santo António.

Towels are often used for purposes other than drying things or people:

• To sit down, rest and lie down, avoid direct contact with land, rock, chair, etc. This can be for reasons of hygiene and comfort and in saunas or other places where it is common to be naked.
• Hairdressers use steamed towels to prepare the skin for shaving.
• To book the sun loungers, for example to sunbathe, next to the pools or similar places (a source of discomfort for some and fun for others).
• A towel can act as clothing or emergency blanket.
• In Asian countries, towels (small than hand towels - usually square) are used as handkerchiefs. Both men and women wear them. The softness of the Turkish towel is the favorite for this use.
• A hot towel can be used to wash your hands before a meal.

Culture

Towels have inspired weird ideas.

• Douglas Adams, in his book Galactic Autostopian Guidepromises that a towel is the most useful thing a galactic hitchhiker can wear.
• To honor Douglas Adams, on May 25 is "The Towel Day" and all Douglas Adams fans should take towels with them during that day.
• In boxing, throwing the towel into the ring by one of the preparers meant the surrender of your boxer and therefore the loss of combat. Hence the expression throw the towelused as a synonym for desisting something.

Gallery

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  Barberus using a towel

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  People sharing sauna with towels

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  Towels used in sunbeds

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  Boxer with towel

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  Toallita desmaquillante

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  Towel in a Japanese restaurant

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  Hot wipes on a flight

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  Paper wipes

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  Elephant-shaped towel

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  Snake-shaped towel