A conservative style of business dress that gives an impression of confidence and efficiency and was used especially by women in the 1970s and 1980s to succeed in a male-dominated business world.

Clothed or outfitted in fashionable or attractive personal apparel and attire.

(idiomatic) Very fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.

(intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes. / (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.

A rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume, in order to test all aspects of the production by closely reproducing the actual conditions of a performance.

Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).

A block of silicon carbide or aluminium oxide used to dress diamond tools by removing the build-up of metal etc.

(now historical) A woman's dress designed for informal day wear.

the clothing worn by a female tennis player

A woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear.