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WHITE TIE AND TAILS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white tie and tails mean? 

WHITE TIE AND TAILS (noun)
  The noun WHITE TIE AND TAILS has 1 sense:

1. formalwear consisting of full evening dress for menplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE TIE AND TAILS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE TIE AND TAILS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dress suit; full dress; tail coat; tailcoat; tails; white tie; white tie and tails

Hypernyms ("white tie and tails" is a kind of...):

evening clothes; evening dress; eveningwear; formalwear (attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening)

Meronyms (parts of "white tie and tails"):

morning coat; swallow-tailed coat; swallowtail (a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back)


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