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Size For Stiffening Textiles A Sauce Such As Vinaigrette A Us Word For Farce Forcemeat Or Stuffing A Scolding Gauze Or Lint For A Wound Or Organic Matter Applied To The Land Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DRESSING which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: DRESSING

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199%8Exact Match!
247%7 Small pieces of lint that collect in the lint filter of a washing machine
347%8 Removing lint or debris from clothing using a lint roller

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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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