napkin

noun

/ˈnæpkɪn/

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(also table napkin)
a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers synonym serviette
- He tucked his napkin under his chin.
- She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.
- a napkin ring (= for holding a napkin when it is not in use) made of silver
Topics Cooking and eatingc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
verb + napkin
- fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
napkin + noun
- holder
- ring
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(also sanitary napkin (both North American English))
(also sanitary pad British and North American English)
(British English also sanitary towel)
a thick piece of soft material that a woman wears between her legs to hold blood during her period
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
verb + napkin
- fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
napkin + noun
- holder
- ring
See full entry
(British English, old-fashioned or formal) a nappy (= a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to take in and hold its body waste)

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nappe ‘tablecloth’ (from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’) + -kin.

单词	napkin
释义	napkin noun /ˈnæpkɪn/ /ˈnæpkɪn/ jump to other results enlarge image (also table napkin) a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers synonym serviette He tucked his napkin under his chin. She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin. a napkin ring (= for holding a napkin when it is not in use) made of silver Topics Cooking and eatingc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective folded table cloth … verb + napkin fold unfold tuck … napkin + noun holder ring See full entry (also sanitary napkin (both North American English)) (also sanitary pad British and North American English) (British English also sanitary towel) a thick piece of soft material that a woman wears between her legs to hold blood during her period Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective folded table cloth … verb + napkin fold unfold tuck … napkin + noun holder ring See full entry (British English, old-fashioned or formal) a nappy (= a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to take in and hold its body waste) Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nappe ‘tablecloth’ (from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’) + -kin.
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