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noun
1 (also salad dressing) a sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar mixed together with herbs or other flavorings:vinaigrette dressing stuffing:turkey with apple dressing
2a piece of material placed on a wound to protect it:an antiseptic dressing
3size or stiffening used in the finishing of fabrics.
4a fertilizing substance such as compost or manure spread over or plowed into land.