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View synonyms for dressing

dressing

[ dres-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that dresses.
  2. a sauce for food:

    salad dressing.

  3. stuffing for a fowl:

    turkey dressing.

  4. material used to dress or cover a wound.
  5. manure, compost, or other fertilizers.
  6. the ornamental detail of a building, especially that around openings.


dressing

/ ˈdrɛsɪŋ /

noun

  1. a sauce for food, esp for salad
  2. a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)stuffing
  3. a covering for a wound, sore, etc
  4. manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land
  5. size used for stiffening textiles
  6. the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dress, -ing 1

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