dressing
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Is dressing a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.Examples: "She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair."countableuncountable
2. (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.Examples: "I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian."countableuncountable
3. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.Examples: "Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings"countableobsoleteuncountable
4. (dated) Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.Examples: ""I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before.""countabledateduncountable
5. (dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.countabledateduncountable
6. (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.Mainecountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary