dress

/dres/ noun

Definition

CLOTHING [C] › a piece of clothing for women or girls which covers the top of the body and hangs down over the legs: She was wearing a short, black dress.

STYLE [U] › a particular style of clothes: casual/formal dress → See also fancy dress

(Definition of dress noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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