Definitions for napkin

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Spelling: [nap-kin]
IPA: /ˈnæp kɪn/

Napkin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in napkin (aiknnp).

Definitions for napkin

noun

  1. a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
  2. sanitary napkin.
  3. Chiefly British. a diaper.
  4. Scot. and North England. a handkerchief.
  5. Scot. a kerchief or neckerchief.

Origin of napkin

1350-1400; Middle English, equivalent to nape tablecloth (Middle French nappe Latin mappa napkin) + -kin; cf. map

Examples for napkin

One of my favorite early memories at Facebook was planning the back-to-school campaign with Mike on the back of a napkin.

The prince merely said, 'Oh, don't worry - I do that all the time,' and casually covered the mess with his napkin.

The charge was to compose a story on it—a story that would justifiably appear on a napkin.

As he pulled his napkin out of its folds, Eric stole a glance at Barbara.

Helen Curtis finished her coffee, and laid her napkin beside her plate.

When I returned to my table later in the meal, I announced that I had lost my napkin.

Maple wrote down on a napkin strategies that he promised would cut homicides in half within two years.

Send them to table hot, wrapped in the folds of a napkin that has been heated.

He was bothered by the napkin that was on the plate before him.

The abbé had laid down his fork; he held his napkin to his face.

Word Value for napkin
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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