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EVENING DRESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
Synonyms:
evening clothes; evening dress; eveningwear; formalwear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("evening dress" is a kind of...):
attire; dress; garb (clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evening dress"):
balldress (a suit or dress for formal occasions)
dinner dress; dinner gown; evening gown; formal (a gown for evening wear)
black tie; dinner jacket; tux; tuxedo (semiformal evening dress for men)
dress suit; full dress; tail coat; tailcoat; tails; white tie; white tie and tails (formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men)
