evening dress

1. Clothing worn for evening social events. Also called evening clothes.
2. See evening gown.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
  Synonyms: formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress

The term evening dress can refer to:

• Full evening dress, or white tie, the most formal civilian dress code, especially in the United Kingdom
• More generally, any of various types of formal wear, including black tie and mess dress
• An evening gown, the standard female attire for black tie events

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