Dictionary Entry
dressing
dressing is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Dress. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Dress
- 2noun
Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- 3noun
An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.
- 4noun
Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
- 5noun
A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.
- 6noun
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
- 7noun
Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
- 8noun
An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
- 9noun
Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.
- 10noun
the act of applying a bandage
- 11noun
the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
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- 12noun
processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- 13noun
a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- 14noun
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- 15noun
a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
Synonyms
- 16noun
savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
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