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1 | 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 26% | 8 | Required at a dinner table | |
3 | 25% | 6 | Portion of mackerel - is hollandaise sauce required? | |
Sauce Required For A Formal Dinner Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "DRESSING" which means:
- noun
- • Savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin french or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
- • A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- • Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- • A cloth covering for a wound or sore
- • Processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- • The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- • The act of applying a bandage verb
- • To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
- • To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
- • To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game.
- • Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers.
- • To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
- • To prepare oneself; to make ready.
- • To adorn, ornament.
- • To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- • To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- • To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
- • To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- • To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
- • To manure (land).
- • To bolt or sift flour.
- • (sometimes imperative) to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align.
- • To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I bought a new dressing for my salad."
- • "She spilled dressing on her shirt."
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5 | Portion of mackerel - is hollandaise sauce required?
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7 | Required at a dinner table |
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