evening dress meaning

Definition of evening dress

1. attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening

   Synonyms: formalwear, eveningwear, evening clothes

   Type of: attire

   Kinds: balldress, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dress suit

evening dress in a sentence

• Evening dress is desired.
• All the ladies wore evening dress.

How to pronounce evening dress

evening dress is pronounced /ˈiːvnɪŋ drɛs/ in British English and /ˈivnɪŋ drɛs/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.