dress‧ing /ˈdresɪŋ/ noun
[Word Family: noun: dress, dresser, dressing; adjective: dressed ≠ undressed, dressy; verb: dress ≠ undress]

1. [uncountable and countable] a mixture of liquids, usually oil and vinegar, that you put on salad or raw vegetables:
a vinaigrette dressing ⇒ French dressing, salad dressing

2. [uncountable and countable] American English stuffing(1)

3. [countable] a special piece of material used to cover and protect a wound:
The nurse came to change his dressing.
⇒ cross-dressing, power dressing, window dressing

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dressing
noun
I. covering put on a wound
ADJ. clean, fresh, sterile | surgical, wound
VERB + DRESSING apply, put on Clean the wound and put on a fresh dressing.
change | remove

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

dressing
II. sauce for food, especially salads
ADJ. salad | French | herb | vinaigrette
PREP. in a ~, with a ~ salad with a vinaigrette dressing
~ for a herb dressing for fish

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