napkin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of cloth or paper used at meals to wipe your mouth and hands and protect your clothes.

   She folded a paper napkin beside each plate.

Common collocations

• sanitary napkin Adjective + noun

From Middle English napkyn, equivalent to nape (“cloth”) + -kin.

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