Words / B2

DRES-ing/ˈdresɪŋ/

A dressing is a covering for a wound, or a sauce for salad: a wound dressing; salad dressing. Bandage is a close medical twin; sauce is the food twin; dress is already in the dictionary. Change the dressing in the first-aid paper. Mix-up: dressing vs dressing-up; dresser; do not write dressing for clothes in general unless the source is getting dressed as a process.

Meaning

A covering for a wound; also a sauce for salad.

Examples

• “Change the dressing in the first-aid paper; salad dressing in the nutrition table still needs the fat figure.”
• “A dressing room featured in the theatre plan, which is the costume-space sense — still name the wing if given.”

Good to know

a wound / sterile dressing; salad dressing; dressing room. Close: bandage / sauce. Related: dress. Trap: clothes in general. Health, food science, and DT. A wound cover or a salad sauce — specify.

Near in meaning

bandage, sauce, vinaigrette

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