dressing
Americannoun
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a sauce for food, esp for salad
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Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): stuffing. a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking
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a covering for a wound, sore, etc
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manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land
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size used for stiffening textiles
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the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use
Etymology
Origin of dressing
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dress, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Even if there was, Moody - nicknamed 'Mad Dog' in the Tigers dressing room - has no regrets about the hard-hitting way he played our wonderful game.
From BBC
This one was asked of the players by the interim boss in the dressing room as they trailed at half-time to an excellent Crystal Palace side.
From BBC
‘You can’t degrade the travel experience for decades and then scold people for dressing to endure the experience.’
From MarketWatch
‘You can’t degrade the travel experience for decades and then scold people for dressing to endure the experience.’
From MarketWatch
There, butlers opened doors and ladies’ maids took wraps and bonnets into elegant dressing rooms.
From Literature
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