How to pronounce “dressing”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
• (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
• Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
• The activity of getting dressed.
• (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
• The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
• Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
• An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
• (dated) Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
• (dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
• (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of dress

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