A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
"She wiped the spilled milk from the table using a soft cloth."
In plain English: Cloth is any soft material made from woven fibers that people use to make clothes, towels, and other things.
"The baby fell off its high chair and landed on the clean cloth beneath it."
Usage: Use cloth to refer specifically to the material itself rather than clothing items like shirts or pants. It is often confused with clothes when describing garments made from that fabric.
The word "cloth" comes from Old English clāþ, meaning cloth or covering. It likely traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root related to the idea of clinging or sticking together.