dressing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dressing/ˈdresɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 (also salad dressing) a sauce for salads, usually consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings.
■ N. Amer. stuffing.
- 2 a piece of material placed on a wound to protect it.
- 3 size or stiffening used in the finishing of fabrics.
- 4 a fertilizer spread over or ploughed into land.
'dressing' also found in these Oxford entries:
bathrobe
- Buffalo wings
- Caesar salad
- comb
- cosplay
- dress
- dressing case
- dressing-down
- dressing gown
- dressing room
- dressing station
- dressing table
- duchesse
- French dressing
- gauze
- hackle
- herl
- lint
- mayonnaise
- negligee
- nightgown
- peignoir
- pomade
- power
- ranch
- remoulade
- salad
- salad cream
- Thousand Island dressing
- toilet
- toilet table
- top dressing
- transvestite
- undressed
- vanity
- vanity table
- vinaigrette
- window dressing
