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dress

noun
 
 
/dres/

Definition

A1 [C] a piece of clothing for women or girls that covers the top half of the body and hangs down over the legs: a long/short dress a wedding dressClothes which cover most of the body B2 [U] used, especially in combination, to refer to clothes of a particular type, especially those worn in particular situations: The queen, in full ceremonial dress, presided over the ceremony.Clothing - general words
(Definition of dress noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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