the act of a person or thing that dresses.

a sauce for food

salad dressing.

stuffing for a fowl

turkey dressing.

material used to dress or cover a wound.

manure, compost, or other fertilizers.

the ornamental detail of a building, esp. that around openings.

noun

stuffing , filling , forcemeatnotes:gravy initially described a spicy sauce ; gravy now is a souplike addition to meats , sauce is for meat and pastas , etc. , and dressing is reserved for salads (and also means \'stuffing\' in the u.s.) while au jus is \'with natural juices\' , getting dressed , arraying , robing , appareling , adorning , deckingnotes:gravy initially described a spicy sauce ; gravy now is a souplike addition to meats , manure , humus , compostnotes:gravy initially described a spicy sauce ; gravy now is a souplike addition to meats , (colloq.) castigation , bandage , chastisement , condiment , fertilizer , flogging , forcemeat , gauze , sauce , scolding , whipping