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full dress definition

full dress

formal clothes worn on important or ceremonial occasions; esp., formal evening clothes
full-dress definition

full·-dress (fo̵ol′dres′)

adjective

  1. of or requiring full dress; formal a full-dress dinner
  2. complete and thorough a full-dress inquiry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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