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white-tie

white-tie adjective: of an event: very formal; usually requiring a tailcoat for men.

Adjective

white-tie (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Of an event: very formal; usually requiring a tailcoat for men.

Questions about white-tie

What does white-tie mean?
White-tie means of an event: very formal; usually requiring a tailcoat for men.
What part of speech is white-tie?
White-tie is an adjective.

Words near white-tie in the dictionary

  1. white-throated tinamou
  2. white-throated tinamous
  3. white-throated wallabies
  4. white-throated wallaby
  5. white-throats
  6. white-tie
  7. white-tip
  8. white-tips
  9. white-trashery
  10. white-trashy
  11. white-water

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