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Word entry · 8 letters

dressing

Best crossword clue

"Sauce or bandage"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted deginrssStarts with DEnds with G2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of applying a bandage

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian.
  • Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Sauce or bandage8 letters
02Salad topping or bandage8 letters

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