napkin
noun /ˈnæpkɪn/
  /ˈnæpkɪn/
  enlarge image(also table napkin)a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers synonym serviette enlarge image(also table napkin)a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers synonym serviette- He tucked his napkin under his chin.
- She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.
- a napkin ring (= for holding a napkin when it is not in use) made of silver
 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
 - fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
 - holder
- ring
 
- (also sanitary napkin (both North American English))(also sanitary pad British and North American English)(British English also sanitary towel)a thick piece of soft material that a woman wears between her legs to hold blood during her periodOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
 - fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
 - holder
- ring
 
- (British English, old-fashioned or formal) a nappy (= a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to take in and hold its body waste)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nappe ‘tablecloth’ (from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’) + -kin.
