How words are described
| old | old dress | old thread |
| full | full dress | full thread |
| nice | nice dress | nice thread |
| best | best dress | best thread |
| Other adjectives: long, normal, usual, original, actual, entire, large, little, main, white, new, different, golden, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Happens in The Lucy Show when a thread from Lucy's dress gets snagged as she exits an elevator.
Source: All Cloth Unravels -
Ada Wong in Resident Evil 4 wears an elegant cheongsam dress, that has butterflies embroidered with gold thread, while kicking butt.
Source: Kicking Ass in All Her Finery -
One Princess even had a Gem-Encrusted dress which was rumoured to be made exclusively of diamonds, with no thread holding it together at all.
Source: Tabletop Game / Rocket Age
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Thread and Dress. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dress/thread
Dress & Thread. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dress/thread>.
Thread or Dress. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dress/thread.
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