Synonyms for dressing
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Fertilization
3. Manure
manure, fertilizer, fertiliser UK, compost
Other
salad dressing, stuffing, clothing, grooming, scolding, forcemeat, castigation
Definitions
- n. 1
Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- n. 2
A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- n. 3
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- dressings → bandagings, bindings, fertilizations, fecundations…
Example sentences
- binding Every large volume has problems with the binding.
- bandaging He cleans the wound before bandaging it.
- fertilization We will study the chemistry behind fertilization.
- clothing She bought articles of clothing one after another.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dressing | rising | |
| binding | steady | |
| bandaging | rising | |
| fertilization | falling | |
| fecundation | falling | |
| clothing | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- manure2
- 7 letters
- binding2, compost2
- 8 letters
- clothing2, stuffing2, grooming2, scolding2
- 9 letters
- bandaging, forcemeat
- 10 letters
- fertilizer4, fertiliser
- 11 letters
- castigation, fecundation
- 13 letters
- fertilization5, fertilisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (manure2 = 2 syllables).