white tie

noun

1. bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress

• Hypernyms: ↑bow tie, ↑bow-tie, ↑bowtie

2. formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

• Syn: ↑dress suit, ↑full dress, ↑tailcoat, ↑tail coat, ↑tails, ↑white tie and tails

• Hypernyms: ↑formalwear, ↑eveningwear, ↑evening dress, ↑evening clothes

• Part Meronyms: ↑swallow-tailed coat, ↑swallowtail, ↑morning coat

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noun

1. : the white bow tie worn with men's formal evening dress — compare black tie

2. : formal evening dress for men

an affair requiring white tie

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1. formal evening dress for men (distinguished from black tie).

2. a white bow tie for men, worn with formal evening dress.

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white tie noun

1. A white bow tie, part of formal evening dress

2. Hence, formal evening dress

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Main Entry: ↑white

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white tie,

1. a white bow tie, such as is worn by men in formal evening clothes.

2. formal evening clothes for men that include a white bow tie: »

decreeing that all male guests appear in white tie (New Yorker).

white-tie «HWYT TY», adjective.

of or having to do with a formal affair at which white ties are worn.

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1.

n. a white bow tie worn by men as part of full evening dress

■ full evening dress with a white bow tie

he was wearing immaculate white tie and tails

2.

adj. (of an event) requiring full evening dress to be worn, including a white bow tie

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ˌwhite ˈtie [white tie] noun

a man's white ↑bow tie, also used to mean very formal evening dress for men

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dressed in white tie and tails