Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
evening dress
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A man and woman in evening dress alighted from it.
▪ Archer was in full evening dress.
▪ At ten o'clock Morton put on full evening dress, and took a cab to the Beresfords' mansion.
▪ Busacher arrived first, looking grand and archaic in full evening dress, white tie and tails.
▪ It is absolutely vital to the sales of a popular car, a hi-fi radio, a camera or an evening dress.
▪ The first three rows of the stalls were filled with people in evening dress.
▪ The Oistrakhs bow and scrape in evening dress, on Emi-tape.
Wiktionary
evening dress
n. 1 (context countable English) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown. 2 (context uncountable English) formal attire worn for evening social events.
WordNet
evening dress
n. attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening [syn: formalwear, eveningwear, evening clothes]
Wikipedia
Evening dress
Evening dress may refer to:
- Evening gown, a woman's dress worn for formal occasions and evening events
- White tie, the most formal civilian dress code in Western fashion
- Black tie, a semi-formal dress code for evening events and social functions in Western fashion
- Mao suit, worn as diplomatic uniform and evening dress by officials of the People's Republic of China
- Mess dress, the formal evening dress worn in the mess or at other formal occasions by military personnel