guest towel

Bathroom hospitality cloth

A guest towel is a small decorative towel set out for visitors to use, typically in a bathroom or powder room.

Often nicer than everyday towels, guest towels signal hospitality and may be embroidered or monogrammed: She put out the guest towels before the dinner party.

Some households keep them purely for show, discouraging actual use.

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powder room · fingertip · decorative · cotton · terry cloth · fold · rack · hospitality · hostess gift · dainty · soft · absorbent · vanity · soap · washcloth · delicate · fancy · scalloped

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size/formality

guest towelbath sheet

Oversized body-drying textile

beach towel · bath towel

quality/condition

guest towelrag

Worn piece of fabric

cleaning rag · shop towel

Family

guest, towel, guests, guested, guesting, guesthouse, towels, toweled, toweling

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G