{
    "term": "towel",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ba/bathroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a piece of cloth or paper used for drying things, especially your body",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Help yourself to a clean towel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **hand/bath towel** *(= a small/large towel)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **beach towel** *(= a large towel used for lying on in the sun)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got out of the pool and wrapped my towel around me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pat the area dry with a clean towel."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clean", "fresh", "damp"],
                "verb + towel": ["drape", "wrap"],
                "towel + verb": ["hang"],
                "towel + noun": ["rack", "rail", "dispenser"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're not going to throw in the towel just because we lost one game."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to throw a towel into the ring as a sign that you admit that you have been defeated",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His corner threw in the towel near the end of the tenth round."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaʊəl/",
                "audio": "to/towel/towel__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtaʊəl/",
                "audio": "to/towel/towel__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin. The current sense of the verb dates from the mid 19th cent."
}