dish towel
Noun
Meaning
a towel for drying dishes
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Examples
Use the cloth it is on to roll it tightly into a spiral, within the dish towel.
Meanwhile, grate a separate raw potato, and squeeze out the water in a clean dish towel.
Drain and place on a damp dish towel.
I can see how both would work well; I'll go with the dish towel just because it is reusable.
She would always just use a couple damp paper towels with the water squeezed (never an actual dish towel).