White-tie
adjective
1.
requiring that guests wear formal attire, especially that men wear white bow ties with formal evening dress:
a white-tie embassy reception.
noun
1.
formal evening dress for men (distinguished from black tie).
2.
a white bow tie for men, worn with formal evening dress.
noun
1.
a white bow tie worn as part of a man’s formal evening dress
2.
formal evening dress for men
(as modifier): a white-tie occasion
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