nap² /nap/

1. A woolly surface on cloth, now (distinguished from pile) such a surface raised by a finishing process, not made in the weaving
2. The woolly surface removed in the process
3. A cloth with such a surface
4. A downy covering or surface on anything
5. Bedding or a bedroll (Aust informal)

1. To raise a nap on
2. To remove nap from

napˈless adjective

Without nap, threadbare

• towelheads
• towel-horse
• towel-horses
• toweling
• towelled
• towelling
• towellings
• towel-rack
• towel-racks
• towel-rail
• towel-rails
• towels
• tower
• tower block
• tower blocks
• tower captain
• towered
• towerier
• toweriest
• towering
• toweringly
• towerless
• tower mill
• tower of strength
• tower over