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Dressing

of Dress

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Narrower term 13

Bandage 76% connected

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

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Cataplasm 76% connected

A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.

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Compress 76% connected

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

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Farce 76% connected

To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

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Forcemeat 76% connected

Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.

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Investment 76% connected

The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

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Mayonnaise 76% connected

A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- use…

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

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Poultice 76% connected

A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.

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Toilet 76% connected

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

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Toilette 76% connected

See Toilet, 3.

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Vinaigrette 76% connected

A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats.

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Concoction 76% connected

A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

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Conversion 76% connected

The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Enrichment 76% connected

The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

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Intermixture 76% connected

A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

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Mixture 76% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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Sauce 76% connected

A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint…

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Derivationally related 8

Dress 74% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Dress 74% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Feed 74% connected

of Fee

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Feed 74% connected

of Fee

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Stuff 74% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Stuff 74% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Synonym 6

Bandaging 92% connected

of Bandage

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Binding 92% connected

of Bind

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Fecundation 92% connected

The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from…

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Fertilization 92% connected

The act or process of rendering fertile.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grooming 92% connected

of Groom

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Stuffing 92% connected

of Stuff

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