Dressing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables (syn: stuffing)
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure (syn: fecundation, fertilization)
- a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- the act of applying a bandage (syn: bandaging, binding)
Extra examples
We had turkey with dressing and potatoes for dinner.
The nurse cleaned the cut and applied a dressing.
The nurse came to change his dressing.
There is no elaborate dressing for dinner here. (Mrs. Carlyle)
His fingers itched to give me another dressing. (Malkin)
He has a very different style of dressing.
The dressing is made with oil, vinegar, and a pinch of herbs.
Shake the salad dressing well before using it.
She is dressing for the opera.
The dressing is a refreshing counterpoint to the spicy chicken.
He waited in his dressing room until it was time for him to appear on stage.
The salad dressing was very oily.
...the pungency of the vinegar gives the salad dressing the kick that it needs...
These changes are being made for a good reason. They're not just window dressing.
...the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories...
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
singular: dressing
plural: dressings
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