Home › Words › D › dishcloutdishcloutdishclout means A dishcloth.EtymologyFrom dish + clout.nounA dishcloth.e.g.“O, he's a lovely gentleman! / Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam, / Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye / As Paris hath.” — c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dishcloth 86% match — A cloth used to wash dishes. vs dishclout →dishwiper 75% match — A dish towel. vs dishclout →dishtowel 71% match — A towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes. vs dishclout →dishrag 70% match — Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym). vs dishclout →dishmop 70% match — A small mop used for washing dishes. vs dishclout →housecloth 67% match — An old cloth or rag used to clean something, especially a house. vs dishclout →dwile 64% match — A cloth for wiping or cleaning. vs dishclout →dishwash 64% match — To wash dishes and other dishware. vs dishclout →