dress
/ˈdɹɛs/
nouna piece of clothing worn by girls and women that is made in one piece and covers the body down to the legs but has no separate part for each leg
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1. Dress the grapes in that seasoning.
2. Dress the part.
3. Five, dress the part.
4. Could only wear dresses, things like that.
5. Dress, bridemaid.
gown
/ˈɡaʊn/
nouna woman's evening dress with a long height, worn on formal or special occasions
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1. Where are the gowns?
2. I wear gowns.
3. Gown up.
4. You know New York Fashion Week gowns?
5. A Canadian ball gown.
little black dress
/lˈɪɾəl blˈæk dɹˈɛs/
nouna short or midi dress that is black and is worn by women outdoors or on any social occasion
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1. And that is a little black dress.
2. The little black dress is fun, not as quite as like, oh, this looks so good on Kasey, though, but is that weird?
3. Remember the little black dress you bought 5 years ago?
4. It's not just a cliché: A little black dress can be an essential part of every woman's wardrobe.
5. Meghan Markle took a stab at wearing a little black dress to the Women's Empowerment reception held in London.
pinafore
/pˈɪnɐfˌoːɹ/
nouna dress with no sleeves or collar that is worn over other garments
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1. She was lucky in that she had parents who encouraged her tastes for boy’s pursuits and allowed her and her sister to dress in dark blue flannel bloomers gathered up at the knees for play, rather than the customary dresses and pinafores.
2. Their only child, a little girl not three years old at the time, ran out of the house alone in her little white pinafore, and, toddling across the grass of a terraced garden, pitched herself over a low wall head first into the horse-pond in the yard below.
3. But I've matched mine with like a pinafore.
evening gown
/ˈiːvnɪŋ ɡˈaʊn/
nouna long elegant dress that is usually worn on formal occasions or events that take place after evening
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evening dress
/ˈiːvnɪŋ dɹˈɛs/
nouna long, formal dress typically worn to special occasions or events in the evening
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maternity dress
/məˈtɜrnɪti drɛs/
nouna dress designed to be worn by pregnant women, with features such as stretchy or adjustable fabric to accommodate a growing belly
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sheath dress
/ˈʃiːθ ˌdres/
nouna fitted, straight-cut dress that typically falls to the knee or slightly above, with a simple and streamlined silhouette
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mini dress
/mˈɪni dɹˈɛs/
nouna type of short dress that typically ends above the knee.
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maxi dress
/ˈmæksi drɛs/
nouna long, flowing dress that typically extends to the ankles or floor
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cocktail dress
/kˈɑːkteɪl dɹˈɛs/
nouna knee-length or shorter dress typically worn for semi-formal occasions
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wedding dress
/wˈɛdɪŋ dɹˈɛs/
nouna formal attire worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony or reception
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sundress
/sˈʌndɹɛs/
nouna light, loose-fitting dress, typically made of cotton, and designed to be worn on hot days
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1. Also, for some reason the sundress was cut in the back, completely cut with scissors.
2. Anyone makes a sundress that might look nice on me.
3. Middleton accidentally wore the wrong dress, a sundress from the Cook Islands.
4. It was just a simple sundress that was made in a different country.
5. So like I have my little sundress and a swimsuit underneath, hopefully that outfit works.
shift dress
/ˈʃɪft ˌdres/
nouna simple, straight-cut dress that hangs loosely from the shoulders and does not have a defined waistline
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one-shoulder dress
/ˈwʌnˈʃoʊldɚ ˈdɹɛs/
nouna type of dress that features a single strap or sleeve on one shoulder, leaving the other shoulder bare
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ballgown
/ˈbɑːl.ɡaʊn/
nouna formal, typically floor-length dress worn for special occasions, such as balls or formal events
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1. It was Ike's inauguration and Mamie Eisenhower came out in this enormous rhinestone-studded pink ballgown, the likes of which you never would've seen during the war when women were wearing much simpler styles.
2. No, I wore a ballgown for the occasion.
3. Also, I think she would do a ballgown, too.
4. Also, the black and white color scheme of men's formalwear has typically meant historically, that the elaborate ballgowns of the ladies are to be the primary focus of any evening event.
5. Not only did Baldwin make a splash with her gorgeous Tommy Hilfiger ballgown, she also made headlines for walking arm-in-arm with singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes.
morning dress
/mˈɔːɹnɪŋ dɹˈɛs/
nouna semi-formal attire consisting of a full-length dress with long sleeves, worn typically in the morning or early afternoon
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formal
/ˈfɔɹməɫ/
nouna type of attire worn for formal events such as weddings, proms, or black-tie events
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1. A barber by trade, Raymond was also lacking in formal education.
2. So the next one is very formal.
3. Today's word is formal.
4. 12 is pretty formal.
5. My answer was formal.
maxi
/ˈmæksi/
nouna long skirt, dress or coat ending near the ankles
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1. And that is Maxi the Taxi from the Colgate Comedy Hour.
2. Jo maxi simply means taxi.
3. Okay, this next one is actually a maxi dress.
4. It's another blue maxi.
5. I got this denim maxi dress.
sheath
/ˈʃiθ/
nouna dress or skirt that fits closely to the body and typically has no waistline
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1. And some modern reptiles, like alligators, have keratin sheaths over their osteoderms.
2. A sheath, I believe.
3. They've got a little sheath.
4. The myelin sheath acts like an electrical insulator around a wire.
5. They found a knife sheath under his bed.
chemise
/ʃəˈmiz/
nouna loose-fitting, sleeveless undergarment or dress that hangs straight from the shoulders and fits loosely at the waist
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1. She was carrying a water jar of antique shape on her head: her feet were bare, her short skirt and the sleeves of her little chemise were ragged.
2. The old woman, who was mistress of his lodgings, on hearing a terrible knocking, sprang hastily from her bed, and, with only one shoe on, ran to open the door, pressing the sleeve of her chemise to her bosom out of modesty.
wraparound
/ɹˈæpɐɹˌaʊnd/
nouna garment that is wrapped around the body and fastened at the side, typically a dress or skirt
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1. We have wraparound services.
2. This simple wraparound is a head turner.
3. - You guys should listen to the Wraparound.
4. - I pick the Wraparound.
5. I go with the Wraparound. -
coatdress
/kˈoʊtdɹɛs/
nouna dress that combines the style of a coat with that of a dress, usually having a tailored collar, lapels, and front closure
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gymslip
/dʒˈɪmslɪp/
nouna sleeveless dress worn by girls, primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as a school uniform
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mother hubbard
/mˈʌðɚ hˈʌbɚd/
nouna loose-fitting dress with a high waistline and a low-necked bodice
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tea gown
/tˈiː ɡˈaʊn/
nouna loose-fitting, informal dress worn by women during the late 19th and early 20th centuries for informal occasions
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fancy dress
/fˈænsi dɹˈɛs/
nounclothing that people wear for a party to look like another person, especially a famous one
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1. I really like the look of these fancy dresses.
2. This is another fancy dress Pikachu.
3. Sort out his fancy dress clothes, and his masks and things like that.
4. Put all of his fancy dress back in his toy box.
5. I love fancy dresses.
polonaise
/ˌpɑɫəˈneɪz/
nouna type of women's dress characterized by a fitted bodice and a draped overskirt gathered in three places, creating a pouf at the back
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1. this was effectively a system that, if followed correctly, would allow you to compose your own short polonaise or minuet and trio, which were two popular styles of the time, with nothing more than some basic knowledge of musical notation and a couple dice.
2. then you'd take the total value and check it on the number table for your intended form: let's say we're writing a polonaise.
3. we rolled a 7, so we check the 7s column on the Polonaise chart, which points us to measure 72.
4. then we can play it and, because there's about 379 trillion possible results here, we can be fairly confident that no one has ever written the exact Polonaise we just did.
dirndl
/dˈɜːndəl/
nouna traditional Bavarian dress characterized by a close-fitting bodice, full skirt, and apron, typically worn by women for festive occasions
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1. Even if it's a broken TV or something Varia or bayern capital munich This is the largest state in size and the second largest in terms of population It's kind of like the home of all those, you know, perpetuated German stereotypes that became famous through American culture You know lederhosen dirndl those big one liter jugs of beer
2. You know all that stereotypical lederhosen and dirndl costume stuff that you see on all those Oktoberfest commercials?
