bridal
adjective/ˈbraɪdl/
/ˈbraɪdl/
[only before noun]- connected with a bride or a wedding
- a bridal gown
- the bridal party (= the bride and the bridegroom and the people helping them at their wedding, sometimes used to refer only to the bride and those helping her)
- a bridal suite (= a set of rooms in a hotel for a couple who have just got married)
- (North American English) a bridal shower (= a party for a woman who will get married soon)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBridal is used with these nouns:- bouquet
- gown
- magazine
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old English brȳd-ealu ‘wedding feast’, from brȳd ‘bride’ + ealu ‘ale-drinking’. Since the late 16th cent., the word has been associated with adjectives ending in -al.Definitions on the go
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