dressing

[ dres-ing ]
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noun
  1. the act of a person or thing that dresses.

  2. a sauce for food: salad dressing.

  1. stuffing for a fowl: turkey dressing.

  2. material used to dress or cover a wound.

  3. manure, compost, or other fertilizers.

  4. the ornamental detail of a building, especially that around openings.

Origin of dressing

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at dress, -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for dressing

dressing

/ (ˈdrɛsɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a sauce for food, esp for salad

  2. US and Canadian 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

  1. a covering for a wound, sore, etc

  2. manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land

  3. size used for stiffening textiles

  4. the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use

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