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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

Mawhinney said that when he entered the judges' dressing rooms he didn't know what he would have ended up with.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Long-term services and support include medical and personal-care services like medication management and help with bathing, dressing, eating, walking and toileting.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

“I already cried all the tears I had in the dressing room,” he said in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

In the email, The Voice staff asked whether Get Baked, which has its production bakery in Leeds, could supply products for talent dressing rooms and green rooms during filming for no payment.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

I waited a few moments to catch my breath before facing the final layers of my dressing.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

And don’t stop at dressings, you can add it to other sauces and dips too like chimichurri, tzatziki, tahini, pesto; the possibilities are endless.

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

The bed covers and clothing were pulled aside to expose the president's back, including the dressings over his bullet wound and new incision.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Related Words

• filling
• stuffing