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Noun: black tie  blak tI
  1. A formal jacket, typically black or dark blue, worn as part of evening attire for men
    "He wore black tie to the gala dinner";
    - dinner jacket [Brit, Cdn], tux [N. Amer, informal], tuxedo [N. Amer]
     
  2. A formal dress code for evening events, typically requiring men to wear a dinner jacket and women to wear evening gowns
    "The invitation specified black tie, so he rented a dinner jacket"

Derived forms: black ties

Type of: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear

Encyclopedia: Black tie