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dressing
[ dres-ing ]
/ ˈdrɛs ɪŋ /
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dressing
/ (ˈdrɛsɪŋ) /
noun
a sauce for food, esp for salad
US and Canadian a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cookingAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): stuffing
a covering for a wound, sore, etc
manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land
size used for stiffening textiles
the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use
See also dressings
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