Dressing

Quick meaning: Dressing is a noun meaning (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

Meaning

(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

More Meanings

1. (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
2. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
3. The activity of getting dressed.
4. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
5. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
6. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
7. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

Example Sentences

Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings

"I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."

I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian.

She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for dressing

Depending on context, synonyms include forcemeat, binding, grooming, fecundation, fertilization, stuffing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bandaging, grooming, fertilization, fecundation, stuffing, binding.

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