sanitary towel noun

n [C] UK (US sanitary napkin , Australian sanitary pad)

Definition

a piece of soft, material worn by a woman to absorb blood during her period (= blood flow each month)

(Definition of sanitary towel noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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