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• present participle of dress.

dressing

American  

[dres-ing] / ˈdrɛs ɪŋ /

noun

• dressings
  plural

1. the act of a person or thing that dresses.

2. a sauce for food.

   salad dressing.

3. stuffing for a fowl.

   turkey dressing.

4. material used to dress or cover a wound.

5. manure, compost, or other fertilizers.

6. the ornamental detail of a building, especially that around openings.

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dressing British  

/ ˈdrɛsɪŋ /

noun

1. a sauce for food, esp for salad

2. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): stuffing.  a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking

3. a covering for a wound, sore, etc

4. manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land

5. size used for stiffening textiles

6. the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dressings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dressing

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at dress, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dressing dressings

And each year, it has only grown bigger, with fans dressing up in their favorite Laufey-themed vintage fashions to celebrate the unofficial holiday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

In others, they are dressing up their résumés with AI buzzwords in hopes of gaining employer attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But, at a pre-game meeting on Monday, PSG officials made Uefa aware they were not happy with the arrangements, feeling their dressing room was too small.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

She admits she has worried whether dressing modestly will make it harder for her to succeed in this industry, but she finds pleasure in it too.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

It was a statement of defiance, like a matador dressing for the bull ring.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

He noted that jalapenos were used in only two of its dressings, and nowhere else on the menu.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

It rolled out a new range of products, called Taylor Farms Zero, using olive and avocado oil in its dressings and dips instead of seed oils.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Most homemade creamy dressings have the same problem: they’re flat.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

The face of the man she was carrying was completely obliterated by dressings, with a dark oval hole for his mouth.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Related Words

• filling
• stuffing