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Definition of dress code

noun

a set of rules specifying the garb or type of clothing to be worn by a group or by people under specific circumstances: a military dress code; The restaurant's dress code requires men to wear jackets and ties at dinner.

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Words nearby dress code

Dresden china, dress, dressage, dress circle, dress coat, dress code, dress-down, dress-down Friday, dressed to kill, dresser, dresser set

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How to use dress code in a sentence

One in Paris, Texas, is circumventing the ban by adding masks to its mandatory uniform and claiming that its new dress code is backed by the Texas Education Code.
Back to School, Ready or Not|Eromo Egbejule|August 27, 2021|Ozy
In their repetitive dress code of tailored suits, khaki trousers and golf shirts, they send the message that they’ve renounced superficiality and frivolousness as beneath their gender’s dignity.
Why the tailored suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with power|Robin Givhan|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
A policy memo on the Grizzlies’ dress code describes enforcing “discipline within ranks” for warfronts “anywhere you can think of.”
“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War|by Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program|April 13, 2021|ProPublica
So if they can enforce a denim dress code, they can also enforce a mask mandate.
Iowa’s House speaker said he can’t make lawmakers wear masks — but he did enforce a ban on jeans|Teo Armus|February 4, 2021|Washington Post

In December 2016, on a team flight to Seattle, Newton broke dress code by not wearing a tie, and Rivera benched him for the opening drive against the Seahawks.
How a retired Army Ranger helped Ron Rivera separate the interesting from the important|Sam Fortier|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even for Arabic dance no one wears a long dress, just a scarf around the hips.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Based on a true story” is film code for “this may or may not have happened, but almost certainly not in this way.
Wrestler Mark Schultz Hates the ‘Sickening and Insulting Lies’ of ‘Foxcatcher’|Rich Goldstein|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Brazil people color code their underwear according to their needs.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style|Candida Moss|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style|Candida Moss|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
That poor, pretty creature, starving, in her charming pink dress and hat of roses.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Every time he is dressed, or sees his mother dress, he has an object-lesson in symmetrical arrangement.
Children's Ways|James Sully
She is always attired in black, and is utterly careless in dress, yet nothing can conceal her innate elegance of figure.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
If she is so distingue in rather less than ordinary dress, what would she be in a Parisian costume?
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

British Dictionary definitions for dress code

dress code

noun

a set of rules or guidelines regarding the manner of dress acceptable in an office, restaurant, etc

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