morning dress
morning dress noun: a woman's dress designed for informal day wear.
Noun
morning dress (countable and uncountable, plural morning dresses)
- A woman's dress designed for informal day wear.
- Clothing to be worn in the morning or daytime, as opposed to the evening; now (specifically), a man's formal suit consisting of a (usually) dark grey morning coat, waistcoat and striped trousers accompanied with a top hat, white shirt and tie or cravat.
- Morning dress can be worn up to 5:00 pm.
Forms of morning dress
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Words formed from morning dress
Questions about morning dress
- What does morning dress mean?
- Morning dress means a woman's dress designed for informal day wear.
- What part of speech is morning dress?
- Morning dress is a noun.
- What is the plural of morning dress?
- The plural of morning dress is morning dresses.
Words near morning dress in the dictionary
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