Table of Contents POS
HYPHEN
COUNT IN NET
WORDNET DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS

RELATED WORDS : anchovy dressing bleu cheese dressing blue cheese dressing cross dressing dressing case dressing down dressing gown dressing room dressing sack dressing sacque dressing station dressing table french dressing french dressing for fruit salad half-and-half dressing italian dressing lorenzo dressing medical dressing mineral dressing ore dressing oyster dressing roquefort dressing russian dressing salad dressing surgical dressing thousand island dressing top dressing water dressing window dressing

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dressing has 7 senses

• dressing(n = noun.food) salad dressing - savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type; Array
is a kind of sauce
has particulars: sauce louis, bleu cheese dressing, blue cheese dressing, blue cheese dressing, roquefort dressing, french dressing, sauce vinaigrette, vinaigrette, lorenzo dressing, anchovy dressing, italian dressing, half-and-half dressing, mayo, mayonnaise, russian dressing, russian mayonnaise, salad cream, thousand island dressing
Derived form verb dress₁₀

• dressing(n = noun.food) stuffing - a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables; Array
has particulars: turkey stuffing, oyster dressing, oyster stuffing, farce, forcemeat
is a kind of concoction, intermixture, mixture
Derived form verb dress₆

• dressing(n = noun.event) fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization - making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure; Array
is a kind of enrichment
has particulars: top dressing

• dressing(n = noun.artifact) medical dressing - a cloth covering for a wound or sore; Array
has particulars: bandage, patch, compress, cataplasm, plaster, poultice, surgical dressing
is a kind of cloth covering
Derived form verb dress₁₄

• dressing(n = noun.act) Array - processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather; Array
is a kind of conversion
Derived form verb dress₁₃

• dressing(n = noun.act) grooming - the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes; Array
is a kind of covering
has particulars: investment, primping, toilet, toilette
Derived forms verb dress₁, verb dress₂

• dressing(n = noun.act) bandaging, binding - the act of applying a bandage; Array
is a kind of medical aid, medical care
Derived form verb dress₁₄

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

dressing

Ace bandage, Band-Aid, ablation, abrasion, abrasive, adhesive tape, ammonia, apparel, application, array, ass-reaming, attire, attrition, band, bandage, bandaging, bawling-out, bedizenment, binder, brace, buffing, burnishing, cast, castor-bean meal, cataplasm, chafe, chafing, chewing, clothes, clothing, commercial fertilizer, compost, compress, contour plowing, costume, cotton, court plaster, cravat, cultivating, cultivation, culture, cussing-out, detrition, drapery, dress, dressing-down, duds, dung, elastic bandage, enrichener, epithem, erasure, erosion, fallowing, farce, fashion, fatigues, feathers, fertilizer, fig, filing, forcemeat, four-tailed bandage, fretting, furrowing, galling, garb, garments, gauze, gear, going-over, grazing, grinding, guano, guise, habiliment, habit, harrowing, hoeing, investiture, investment, jacking-up, limation, linen, lint, listing, manure, muck, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, organic fertilizer, phosphate, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, plowing, polishing, poultice, pruning, rags, raiment, raking-down, rasping, reaming, reaming-out, roasting, robes, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, setdown, shining, sling, smoothing, speaking-to, splint, sponge, sportswear, stuffing, stupe, style, superphosphate, talking-to, tampon, tape, tent, thinning, threads, tilling, togs, toilette, tourniquet, triangular bandage, trim, vestment, vesture, wear, wearing apparel, wearing away, weeding, what-for, working

ROGET THESAURUS

dressing

Disapprobation

N disapprobation, disapproval, improbation, disesteem, disvaluation, displacency, odium, dislike, dispraise, discommendation, blame, censure, obloquy, detraction, disparagement, depreciation, denunciation, condemnation, ostracism, black list, animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism, sardonic grin, sardonic laugh, sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo, bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment, satire, sneer, taunt, cavil, carping, censoriousness, hypercriticism, reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming, correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff, slap, slap on the face, home thrust, hit, frown, scowl, black look, diatribe, jeremiad, jeremiade, tirade, philippic, clamor, outcry, hue and cry, hiss, hissing, sibilance, sibilation, catcall, execration, chiding, upbraiding, exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely, hard words, cutting words, bitter words, evil-speaking, bad language, personality, disapproving, scandalized, disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative, defamatory, satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon, censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical, fastidious, sparing of praise, grudging praise, disapproved, chid, in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved, unblest, at a discount, exploded, weighed in the balance and found wanting, blameworthy, reprehensible, to blame, worthy of blame, answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of, bad, vicious, unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied, with a wry face, reproachfully, Int, it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath!, forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora!, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!.

For further exploring for "dressing" in Webster Dictionary Online