"windowdress" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: windowdresses [present, singular, third-person], windowdressing [participle, present], windowdressed [participle, past], windowdressed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} windowdress (third-person singular simple present windowdresses, present participle windowdressing, simple past and past participle windowdressed)
  1. Alternative form of window-dress Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: window-dress
    Sense id: en-windowdress-en-verb-1YBhjCTc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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