wedding dress
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- noun
- /ˈwɛdɪŋ drɛs/
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vestido de novia
- The bride is searching for the perfect wedding dress to complement her wedding theme.
She was the one in the wedding dress, he said.
- She was the one in the wedding dress, he said.
- Because I got my wedding dress altered.
- OK, You you did the whole I'm going to wear a wedding dress for clout thing.
- Here we go, Here we go, your new wedding dress.
Examples
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She was in town picking out a wedding dress.
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Diana's wedding dress really is one for the ages.
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All right, so we found me a wedding dress and it's blue.
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We are going to start the wedding dress shopping journey.
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I could probably buy an amazing wedding dress.
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Can you wear a white wedding dress, young lady?
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The purpose of my trip, with my mother and sister in 1979, was to buy a wedding dress.
Academic text (2011) -
Nicole stands alone on the set in her wedding dress, still holding the golden apple.
Fiction book (1995) -
The crowd oohs and aahs as Laura starts down the aisle in her wedding dress.
Fiction book (1999) -
She excitedly tried on her beautiful wedding dress in front of the mirror.
Synonyms
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A formal white or cream dress a bride wears at her wedding
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A long formal dress a bride wears at her wedding
How Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'wedding' (the marriage event) with 'dress' (a garment), i.e. a dress for a wedding. This noun–noun modifier pattern is common and predictable in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Wedding dress originally means a special dress worn at a wedding; one memorable story says that when Queen Victoria wore a white dress for her 1840 wedding, that image made white gowns the popular choice for brides. So a wedding dress is the formal gown a 'bride' wears at her ceremony.