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NAPK-in/ˈnæpkɪn/

A napkin is a piece of cloth or paper you use at a meal to keep your mouth and hands clean. Put a napkin on your lap; a paper napkin. Serviette means the same in some British restaurants. A tissue is for your nose, not for the table. Countable: a napkin, napkins.

Meaning

A piece of cloth or paper you use to keep your mouth and hands clean at a meal.

Examples

• “Put your napkin on your lap.”
• “There are no napkins on the table.”
• “She wiped her mouth with a napkin.”

Good to know

on your lap / a paper napkin. Contrast: tissue (for your nose). Also: serviette.

Near in meaning

serviette

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