Black-tie

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  black-tie \black-tie\ adj.
     requiring semiformal evening clothes, e. g. a black bowtie
     and a tuxedo or dinner jacket for men, and a formal dress for
     women; contrasted with {white-tie}, for a fully formal
     occasion, and with {informal}, and {casual}. a black-tie
     dinner


  
     Syn: semi-formal, semiformal.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  black-tie
       adj : moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket; "he wore
             semiformal attire"; "a black-tie dinner" [syn: {semiformal},
              {semi-formal}]