# Dressing

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**Dressing** commonly refers to the activity of putting on [clothing](/source/Clothing). Dressing may also refer to:

## Technique

- [Dressing (medical)](/source/Dressing_(medical)), a medical covering for a wound, usually made of gauze
- [Dressing (knot)](/source/Dressing_(knot)), the process of arranging a knot
- Dressing, the application of a profile onto a [grinding wheel](/source/Grinding_wheel)
- Dressing, a covering or enhanced construction method to improve an object's appearance: - [Ashlar](/source/Ashlar), stone dressing(s) - [Brickwork](/source/Brickwork) dressings, using counter-coloured or complementary coloured bricks - [Stucco](/source/Stucco) (also known as render or rendering): - [Binder (material)](/source/Binder_(material)) and water applied in decorative fashion; it can also refer to interior - [aggregates](/source/Construction_aggregate), - [Plasterwork](/source/Plasterwork) in relief - [Well dressing](/source/Well_dressing) (decoration), a tradition practised in some parts of rural England
- Dressing, the preparation of an animal for consumption or sale, [field dressing](/source/Field_dressing_(hunting)) e.g. - [Dressed weight](/source/Dressed_weight), refers to the weight of an animal after being partially butchered
- [Ore dressing](/source/Ore_dressing), mineral processing

## Food

- [Salad dressing](/source/Salad_dressing), a type of sauce which is generally poured on a salad, or spread on the bread of a sandwich
- [Stuffing](/source/Stuffing), also called dressing, a mixture of various ingredients used to fill a cavity in another food item

## Others

- [Dressed particle](/source/Dressed_particle), a bare particle together with some excitations of other quantum fields
- Ship dressing or [dressing overall](/source/Dressing_overall), stringing international maritime signal flags on a ship at special occasions
- "[The Dressing](/source/The_Dressing)", an episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, *Aqua Teen Hunger Force*

## See also

- [Covering (disambiguation)](/source/Covering_(disambiguation))
- [Dress (disambiguation)](/source/Dress_(disambiguation))
- [Dressing Up (disambiguation)](/source/Dressing_Up_(disambiguation))

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