Apron (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing: a kitchen apron.
  2. a similar garment extending to the knees, worn by bishops, deans, and archdeans.
  3. a metal plate or cover, usually vertical, for a machine, mechanism, artillery piece, etc., for protecting those who operate it.
  4. a continuous conveyor belt for bulk materials, consisting of a chain of steel plates.
  5. (in a lathe) a part of the carriage holding the clutches and gears moving the toolholder.
  6. a paved or hard-packed area abutting an airfield's buildings and hangars, where planes are parked, loaded, or the like.
  7. a broad paved area used for parking cars, as at the end of a driveway.
  8. Civil Engineering.
    • any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water.
    • a platform to receive the water falling over a dam.
  9. the part of a stage floor in front of the curtain line.
  10. skirt (def. 6).
  11. the outer border of a green of a golf course.
  12. the part of the floor of a boxing ring that extends outside the ropes.
  13. a flat, broad piece of interior window trim immediately beneath the sill.
  14. a strip of metal set into masonry and bent down to cover the upper edge of flashing; counterflashing.
  15. the open part of a pier for loading and unloading vessels.
  16. (in a wooden vessel) a piece reinforcing the stem on the after side and leading down to the deadwood.
  17. a deposit of gravel and sand at the base of a mountain or extending from the edges of a glacier.
  18. the frill of long hairs on the throat and chest of certain long-haired dogs, as the collie.
  19. a structure erected around another structure, as for reinforcement or decoration: a high fence surrounded by a wire apron buried in the ground.
verb (used with object)
  1. to put an apron on; furnish with an apron.
  2. to surround in the manner of an apron: The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing.
noun
  1. a protective or sometimes decorative or ceremonial garment worn over the front of the body and tied around the waist
  2. the part of a stage extending in front of the curtain line; forestage
  3. a hard-surfaced area in front of or around an aircraft hangar, terminal building, etc, upon which aircraft can stand
  4. a continuous conveyor belt composed usually of slats linked together
  5. a protective plate screening the operator of a machine, artillery piece, etc
  6. a ground covering of concrete or other material used to protect the underlying earth from water erosion
  7. a panel or board between a window and a skirting in a room
  8. a sheet of sand, gravel, etc, deposited at the front of a moraine
  9. the part of the fairway leading onto the green
  10. the housing for the lead screw gears of a lathe
  11. another name for skirt (def. 3)
  12. dependent on or dominated by someone, esp a mother or wife
verb
  1. to protect or provide with an apron
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