Turkish bath steam bath vapor bath vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
bath towel | a large towel, to dry yourself after a bath |
beach towel | very large towel to dry yourself after swimming |
dishtowel dish towel tea towel | a towel for drying dishes |
hand towel face towel | a small towel used to dry the hands or face |
paper towel | a disposable towel made of absorbent paper |
roller towel | a towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller |
sanitary napkin sanitary towel Kotex | a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex), worn to absorb menstrual flow |
towel | a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping |
towel rack towel horse | a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung |
towel rail towel bar | a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels |
towel ring | a circular hoop for holding a towel |
Turkish bath | a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage |
Turkish towel terry towel | a bath towel with rough loose pile |
Turkish | a Turkic language spoken by the Turks |
Turkish Delight | a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water |
Turkish coffee | a drink made from pulverized coffee beans, usually sweetened |
Turkish Hizballah | an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late s in southeastern Turkey, seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law, responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen, receives support from Iran |
Ottoman Empire Turkish Empire | a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe, created by the Ottoman Turks in the th century and lasted until the end of World War I, although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire |
Ankara Turkish capital capital of Turkey Angora | the capital of Turkey, located in westentral Turkey, it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats |
boxwood Turkish boxwood | very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box), used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks |
Turkish monetary unit | monetary unit in Turkey |
lira Turkish lira | the basic unit of money in Turkey |
Turkish tobacco | a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes |
drop out give up fall by the wayside drop by the wayside throw in throw in the towel quit chuck up the sponge | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope, admit defeat, In the second round, the challenger gave up |
towel | wipe with a towel, towel your hair dry |
Turkish | of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language, Turkish towels |