wedding (noun)

  • 81wedding dress — also wedding gown noun (C) a long white dress worn at a traditional wedding …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 82wedding bells — UK / US noun [plural] bells that are rung to celebrate a wedding at a church • hear wedding bells …

    English dictionary

  • 83wedding*/*/ — [ˈwedɪŋ] noun [C] a ceremony in which two people get married We wanted a quiet wedding.[/ex] a wedding present/cake[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 84wedding dress — /ˈwɛdɪŋ drɛs/ (say weding dres) noun a dress, usually white and floor length, often having a train, worn by a bride at her wedding. Also, wedding gown …

  • 85wedding favour — /ˈwɛdɪŋ feɪvə/ (say weding fayvuh) noun a small gift given to a guest at a wedding. Also, wedding favor …

  • 86wedding registry — /ˈwɛdɪŋ rɛdʒəstri/ (say weding rejuhstree) noun (plural wedding registries) → bridal registry. Also, wedding register …

  • 87wedding ring — /ˈwɛdɪŋ rɪŋ/ (say weding ring) noun a ring, usually of gold, white gold, silver or platinum, given by one spouse to the other during a wedding ceremony and worn afterwards. Also, wedding band …

  • 88wedding singer — /ˈwɛdɪŋ sɪŋə/ (say weding singuh) noun a singer who entertains the guests at a wedding or wedding reception …

  • 89wedding — [OE] A wedding is etymologically a ceremony at which people ‘promise’ to marry each other. The word’s source, the verb wed [OE], goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wathjōjan (source also of German wetten ‘wager’). This in turn was derived from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 90wedding — /ˈwɛdɪŋ / (say weding) noun 1. the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials. 2. a celebration of an anniversary of a marriage, as a silver wedding, celebrated on the 25th anniversary of a marriage. {Middle English; Old English weddung. See …