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dress suit

dress suit noun: a type of formal attire for men, normally consisting of a jacket (traditionally with tails), trousers, waistcoat, shirt and tie (traditionally a bow tie).

Noun

dress suit (plural dress suits)

  1. A type of formal attire for men, normally consisting of a jacket (traditionally with tails), trousers, waistcoat, shirt and tie (traditionally a bow tie).
  2. A type of formal attire for women, typically a jacket over a dress, or a jacket and blouse with trousers or a skirt.

Forms of dress suit

pluraldress suits

Words formed from dress suit

Questions about dress suit

What does dress suit mean?
Dress suit means a type of formal attire for men, normally consisting of a jacket (traditionally with tails), trousers, waistcoat, shirt and tie (traditionally a bow tie).
What part of speech is dress suit?
Dress suit is a noun.
What is the plural of dress suit?
The plural of dress suit is dress suits.

Words near dress suit in the dictionary

  1. dress shirt
  2. dress shirts
  3. dress shoe
  4. dress shoes
  5. dress shorts
  6. dress suit
  7. dress suits
  8. dress tape
  9. dress the house
  10. dress the part
  11. dress to kill

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