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aproned

aproned adjective: wearing an apron.

Adjective

aproned (not comparable)

  1. Wearing an apron.
    • It was a very long street of two-story brick houses, neat and prim, with whitened stone steps and little groups of aproned women gossiping at the doors.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
    • Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
  2. (in-compounds) Bearing some specific type of apron.
    • […] said Douglas Mancini, a red-aproned bartender at Keens Steakhouse on West 36th Street off Avenue of the Americas.2006 April 23, John Freeman Gill, The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024

Forms of aproned

alternative formapronned

Origin of aproned

From apron + -ed.

Words formed from aproned

Questions about aproned

What does aproned mean?
Aproned means wearing an apron.
What part of speech is aproned?
Aproned is an adjective.

Words near aproned in the dictionary

  1. apron string
  2. apron strings
  3. apron-string
  4. apron-string hold
  5. apron-strings
  6. aproned
  7. aproneer
  8. aproneers
  9. apronful
  10. apronfuls
  11. aproning

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