Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context countable English) A sheet of absorbent paper, used for cleaning and food preparation, usually sold in and dispensed from rolls.
WordNet
n. a disposable towel made of absorbent paper
Wikipedia
A paper towel (or kitchen paper) is an absorbent towel made from tissue paper instead of cloth. Unlike cloth towels, paper towels are disposable and intended to be used only once. Paper towels soak up water because they are loosely woven which enables water to travel between them, even against gravity ( capillary effect). Paper towels can be individually packed (as stacks of folded towels or held coiled) or come in rolls. Paper towels have similar purposes to conventional towels, such as drying hands, wiping windows, dusting, and cleaning up spills.
Usage examples of "paper towel".
After I caught my breath, I took off my torn tights and daubed at my scraped knee with a wet paper towel.
Without another word, she took my hand and the paper towel and opened the kit.
A ways from them, a woman and a child sit in lawn chairs next to a hamster on a paper towel.
Edward's Diet Coke was on the coffee table on a carefully folded paper towel.
She tore off a paper towel, got no further than twisting it between one hand and the other still backed against the sink there I, I'm tired Paul I'm going upstairs, I'm sorry the broccoli.
I pulled a paper towel from the dispenser, lifted my gaze to her reflection in the mirror, and the floor seemed to drop six inches: Julia’.
A nurse came out, pressing a crumpled paper towel against the bib of her uniform.
His dark blue suit was spotted with cigarette ash that he had tried to clean off with a wet paper towel.
She wiped her hands on a paper towel and started moving toward the stove.