FANCY DRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fancy dress mean? 

• FANCY DRESS (noun)
  The noun FANCY DRESS has 1 sense:

1. a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

  Familiarity information: FANCY DRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FANCY DRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fancy dress; masquerade; masquerade costume

Hypernyms ("fancy dress" is a kind of...):

costume (the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball)

disguise (any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity)

Meronyms (parts of "fancy dress"):

domino (a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume)

false face (a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume)