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dressing

[ dres-ing ]

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noun

the act of a person or thing that dresses.
a sauce for food:
salad dressing.
stuffing for a fowl:
turkey dressing.
material used to dress or cover a wound.
manure, compost, or other fertilizers.
the ornamental detail of a building, especially that around openings.

dressing

/ ˈ��ɛ��ɪŋ /

noun

a sauce for food, esp for salad
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
a covering for a wound, sore, etc
manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land
size used for stiffening textiles
the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use

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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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Maybe it’s time to stop dressing like everything is disposable, including ourselves.

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This stylish wine bar perfectly pairs a fried chicken sandwich—topped with cabbage, cucumber, and buttermilk dressing—with a local Aussie vintage.

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A central figure in the dressing room too, players also have a pre-conceived opinion of him.

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“If you mess up, there’s not going to be a pile of cards on your dressing room station saying, ‘Your foot was not pointed when it was supposed to be.’

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They had been filled with donated medical equipment from NHS organisations across London and had included ventilators, syringe pumps, tourniquets, wound dressings, blizzard blankets and personal protective equipment.

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