noun
1. bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
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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noun2. : 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
adj. (of an event) requiring full evening dress to be worn, including a white bow tie
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dressed in white tie and tails
Useful english dictionary. 2012.