dressing

Definitions


[ˈdrɛsɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings
(e.g: vinaigrette dressing)

- a piece of material used to cover and protect a wound
(e.g: an antiseptic dressing)

- size or stiffening used in the finishing of fabrics
(e.g: fabrics finished with dressing will work successfully when cut an inch wide)

- a fertilizing substance such as compost or manure spread over or ploughed into land
(e.g: a dressing of blood, fish, and bone)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries