black dress

collocation in English

meaningsofblackanddress

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black
adjective
uk
/blæk/us
/blæk/
having the darkest colour there is, like the colour of coal or of a very ...
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dress
noun
uk
/dres/us
/dres/
a piece of clothing that covers the top half of the body and hangs down over the legs, usually worn by women and ...
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(Definition ofblackanddressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The summer uniform consists of ablackdress, with a white cape and apron.
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She looked like a harried housewife in a littleblackdress, high heels, and a bright orange cardigan.
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She is wearing ablackdresswith red stripes, a pair of red ribbon bowties, and a red ribbon around her neck.
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She wears ablackdressas a mourning dress.
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He visits her apartment and finds her in ablackdresswith a black scarf around her neck.
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Boys wearblackdress-slacks with matching dress-shoes, while girls wear dressy black miniskirts with matching knee-boots.
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Herblackdress, long dark hair and features are rendered using chiaroscuro.
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The popularity of casual fabrics, especially knits, for dress and business wear during the 1980s brought the littleblackdressback into vogue.
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She wears ablackdress, implying the role of a funerary garment.
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The models always appear in barefoot, hair tied back and wearing a littleblackdress.
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A dark-haired and older woman in ablackdresssits by the child's bedside, holding her hand.
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I feel that his artwork echoes the range of the classic littleblackdressfrom the formal gala to the casual dinner with a friend.
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She took the ramp in a littleblackdresswhich became the highlight of the show.
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Keckler was still wearing her newblackdressand leather jacket.
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She wears ablackdressand has long dark hair.
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He appears as an old man in a white suit and tie, with white gloves and ablackdressshirt.
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The generation gap of the 1960s created a dichotomy in the design of the littleblackdress.
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The littleblackdressattained such iconic fame and status that it became an integral part of a woman's wardrobe.
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Thereafter, a long black gown was used for formal occasions, while the simpleblackdresscould be used for everything else.
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She wore a futuristicblackdressin geometric patterns with a triangular piece on her right breast and peplum.
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