"black tie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black ties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black tie (countable and uncountable, plural black ties)
  1. (countable) A black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-black_tie-en-noun-4yYP3~2y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 45 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 45 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 45 3
  2. (uncountable) Evening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Meronyms (evening dress): dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo Coordinate_terms (standard of dress): business casual, casual, dress casual, formal, informal, morning dress, national costume, white tie Translations (evening dress): smokki (Finnish), de etiqueta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-black_tie-en-noun-fP7VPdIN Disambiguation of Clothing: 43 53 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 45 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 62 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 45 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 45 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 57 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 42 53 5 Disambiguation of 'evening dress': 8 92 0 Disambiguation of 'standard of dress': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'evening dress': 8 92 0
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, tie. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-black_tie-en-noun-l77AHcwQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bowtie

Inflected forms

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