Examples of “napkin” in a Sentence

noun A serviette; a piece of fabric or paper, usually rectangular, used at meals for wiping hands and mouth clean.

• Please put a napkin on your lap before the meal begins.
• He wiped the sauce from his chin with a paper napkin.
• The waiter folded each cloth napkin neatly and placed it beside the fork.

noun Another word for a nappy.

• In some places, people still call a baby's diaper a napkin.
• She changed the baby's napkin and then put him down for a nap.
• My grandmother used the word napkin when she talked about caring for infants.