apron
/ˈeɪ.pɹən/
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obsolete/ˈeɪ.pəɹn/
apron noun: an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
Noun
apron (plural aprons)
- An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- She tied an apron around her waist before cooking dinner.
- The carpenter wore a leather apron full of tools.
- The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
- The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
- The plane was parked on the airport apron.
- The spreading end of a driveway.
- The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.
- The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.
- The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
- A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
- A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet.
- The sides of a tree's canopy.
- The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
- A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
Verb
apron (third-person singular simple present aprons, present participle aproning, simple past and past participle aproned)
- To cover with, or as if with, an apron.
apron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
apron in Hindi
- clothing
- तहबन्द tahband, एप्रन epran
apron in Tamil
- முன்றானை, தூசிதாங்கி, சமய நிலைகளுக்குரிய உடுப்பு, மேல் உடை, இழை கடத்தி, காப்புத் தளம்
apron in Marathi
- एप्रन, अॅप्रॉन, अप्रॉन
apron in Urdu
- تہ بند, پیش بَند, لنگی, بالا پوش, لاچہ
More languagesFewer languages
- apron in Bengali
- অ্যাপ্রন, এপ্রন
- apron in Telugu
- అప్రోన్, ఆప్రోన్, ఆప్రాన్
- apron in Malayalam
- മുൻകുപ്പായം, ഉപരിവസ്ത്രം, അയവുള്ള മുൻകുപ്പായം, പുറംകുപ്പായം
- apron in Kannada
- ತಡಪು, ಮೇಲುಡುಪು, ಮುಂಗವಚ, ದೂಳು ಪಾವುಡೆ
- apron in Punjabi
- ਐਪਰਨ, ਐਪਰੋਨ, ਏਪ੍ਰਨ
- apron in Gujarati
- એપ્રોન, એપરન, એપરોન
- apron in Odia
- ଆପ୍ରୋନ୍, ଅପ୍ରୋନ୍, ଏପ୍ରନ୍
- apron in Nepali
- एप्रन, एप्रोन, एपरन
- apron in Tagalog
- tapi
- apron in Arabic
- مِرْيَلَة miryala, مِئْزَر miʔzar, وِزْرَة wizra, مِرْيَلة miryala
- apron in Indonesian
- celemek, apron
- apron in Persian
- پیش بند piš band
- apron in Thai
- ผ้ากันเปื้อน pâa-gan-bpʉ̂ʉan
- apron in Vietnamese
- tạp dề
Examples of apron in a sentence
- The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.
- The baker wiped his floury hands on his apron.
- I wear what is called a waiter apron; it’s white and comes midcalf.
Forms of apron
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aprons |
| alternative form (obsolete) | napron |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | aprons |
| present participle | aproning |
| past participle | aproned |
| past | aproned |
Origin of apron
Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.
Words formed from apron
Phrases with apron
Questions about apron
- What does apron mean?
- Apron means an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- What is apron in Hindi?
- Apron in Hindi is तहबन्द (tahband), एप्रन (epran). See Apron meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apron?
- Apron can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce apron?
- Apron is pronounced /ˈeɪ.pɹən/.
- What is the plural of apron?
- The plural of apron is aprons.
Words near apron in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apron (page history and authors); apron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apron (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apron (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apron (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apron (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apron (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); apron (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apron (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apron (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apron (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apron (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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