Dressing
Dressing , noun
1.
Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. — B. Jonson
2.
(Surgery) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound. — Wiseman
3.
Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
4.
(a) (Cookery) A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.
(b)
(Cookery) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
5.
Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
6.
An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
7.
Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloquial]
Collocations (5)
Dressing case , a case of toilet utensils.
Dressing forceps , a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds.
Dressing gown , a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown.
Dressing room , an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet.
Top-dressing , manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.