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RELATED WORDS : battle dress civilian dress cocktail dress common evening primrose dinner dress diving dress dress dress blues dress circle dress code dress down dress hanger dress hat dress out dress rack dress rehearsal dress ship dress shirt dress shop dress suit dress uniform dress up dress whites evening evening bag evening clothes evening gown evening grosbeak evening lychnis evening prayer evening primrose evening shift evening shirt evening star evening trumpet flower fancy dress full dress morning dress this evening wedding dress

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Noun evening dress has 1 sense

• evening dress(n = noun.artifact) evening clothes, eveningwear, formalwear - attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening; Array
is a kind of attire, dress, garb
has particulars: balldress, dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown, formal, black tie, dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo, dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails

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evening dress

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N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.

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