black dress
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- noun
- /blæk drɛs/
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vestido negro
- A sleek, slender woman in a black dress was with him.
I actually wore this over like a black dress.
- I actually wore this over like a black dress.
- And The thing is, what was so funny is she had on this tight black dress like Morticia Adams.
- Here we have this bodycon black dress.
- This is a black dress from Topshop that's like the plainest of plain black dresses.
- It's like seeing a piece of white lint on a, on a black dress, but most people disregard that piece of lint.
- As if you knew right then that years of the future she would appear to you so beautiful in a formal black dress.
- Yes, I do see myself in, you know, a little black dress and slinky tops.
- And then I also got this little black dress.
Examples
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Honey, have you seen my black dress?
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But this black dress is so cute on me.
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Is that what this little black dress is about?
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My god, you look so good in a black dress.
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Well, just go with a little black dress.
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I want you to wear that black dress of yours.
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Then I also just got this plain black dress, simple and cute.
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I think I'm gonna wear that black dress that you like.
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Immediately, a young woman in a neat black dress came gliding forward.
Fiction book (1996) -
For the wedding, she chose an elegant black dress that featured delicate lace details.
Synonyms
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A simple black dress to wear to many events like a party or dinner
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dress that is black in color' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'black' with the noun 'dress' following the common adjective + noun composition pattern. This is a simple color + clothing phrase that is cross-linguistically common and easily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Black dress became famous as a fashion idea when the designer Coco Chanel in the 1920s made a simple, short black dress that women could wear for many events. That's why today a black dress often means 'stylish' or 'appropriate for formal occasions'.