dressing

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
noun a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.

My dear, you'll pay dressing. — The Jolliest School of All, Angela Brazil
=tocador=, m., a lady's dressing table. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
RUTH ASSISTS IN DRESSING PHILIP'S ARM 112. — The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Mark Twain

salad dressing

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