dressings

British

/ ˈdrɛsɪŋz /

plural noun

dressed stonework, mouldings, and carved ornaments used to form quoins, keystones, sills, and similar features

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

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Those remarkable dressings displayed here reveal dynamic, shorthand ink vignettes—energetic hieroglyphs and vibrating, wiry stick figures whose spells discharge like lightning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"Moss harvesting probably started in Wales as far back as World War One when it was used in war dressings and continued since then," she explained.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Clorox brands include eponymous cleaners and run the gamut of consumer products, including Fresh Step cat litter, Kingsford charcoal and Hidden Valley Ranch dressings.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

Lister developed a device to spray the acid solution in the air around an open wound when surgeons operated and changed dressings.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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