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cocktail dress

cocktail dress noun: a type of women's evening dress suitable for semiformal occasions or cocktail parties.

cocktail dress: a type of women's evening dress suitable for semiformal occasions or cocktail parties
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Noun

cocktail dress (plural cocktail dresses)

  1. A type of women's evening dress suitable for semiformal occasions or cocktail parties.

Forms of cocktail dress

pluralcocktail dresses

Origin of cocktail dress

Apparently coined by Christian Dior in the late 1940s to refer to early-evening wear.

Questions about cocktail dress

What does cocktail dress mean?
Cocktail dress means a type of women's evening dress suitable for semiformal occasions or cocktail parties.
What part of speech is cocktail dress?
Cocktail dress is a noun.
What is the plural of cocktail dress?
The plural of cocktail dress is cocktail dresses.

Words near cocktail dress in the dictionary

  1. cocktail ant
  2. cocktail bar
  3. cocktail bars
  4. cocktail cabinet
  5. cocktail cabinets
  6. cocktail dress
  7. cocktail dresses
  8. cocktail flu
  9. cocktail fork
  10. cocktail forks
  11. cocktail frank

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