Apron

Definition: Apron

Apron

Noun

1. A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.

2. (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green.

3. The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain).

4. A paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used.

Date "apron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	Specifically, a protective device specially designed to cover an area surrounding the fuel inlet on a rocket or spacecraft. (references)
Bible	Apron found in the Authorized Version in Gen. 3:7, of the bands of fig-leaves made by our first parents. In Acts 19:12, it denotes the belt or half-girdle worn by artisans and servants round the waist for the purpose of preserving the clothing from injury. In marg. of Authorized Version, Ruth 3:15, correctly rendered instead of "vail." (R.V., "mantle."). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Building	A paved area, such as the juncture of a driveway with the street or with a garage entrance. (references)
Building & Civil Engineering	Protective linings or coatings for channels, below structures and streambanks, either stone, concrete or wire-stone commonly. Source: European Union. (references)
	A defined area, on a land aerodrome, intended to accomodate aircraft for purposes of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, refuelling, parking or maintenance. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of an apron, signifies a zigzag course, for a young woman. For a school girl to dream that her apron is loosened, or torn, implies bad lessons, and lectures in propriety from parents and teachers. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Economics	1. Area of the airport where planes are parked. May be used for loading and unloading of aircraft. 2. Area along the waterside edges of a pier, not under cover, used for loading and unloading of vessels. (references)
Fine Arts	Long celluloid or plastic band with dimpled edges in contact with which the film is wrapped around the reel of one type of 35 mm. developping tank. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	A curved piece of timber fayed on the after side of the stem from the head down to the deadwood. It provides the necessary surface for securing the hood ends of the planking and strengthens the stem. Source: European Union. (references)
	A sloping surface used as a log slide, either on land or in the sluice-way of a dam. Source: European Union. (references)
	A protective structure e. g. of stone round bridge trestles in a stream used for floating, or a pavement constructed at the lower side of a dam wall so as to protect the foundations from erosion. Source: European Union. (references)
	A narrow strip of material, generally galvanised iron sheeting, for guiding the oleoresin from the face into the cup. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Apron This is a strange blunder. A napperon , converted into An apperon. "Napperon" is French for a napkin, from nappe (cloth in general). Halliwell, in his Archaic Dictionary, p. 571, gives Nappern (an apron) North. Other examples of n attached to the following noun, or detached from it, are an adder for a nadder (Old English, noeddre); a newt for an ewt; a nag (Danish, ög); nuncle (Shakespeare), mine uncle; For the nonce (this once), where n is transferred from the preceding pronoun tha-n or the-n, i.e. this-n (accusative case after "for"). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Military	A defined area on an aerodrome intended for parking, loading, unloading and/or servicing of aircraft. (references)
Mining	A. A canvas-covered frame set at such an angle in a miner's rocker that the gravel and water in passing over it are carried to the head of the machine. b. An amalgamated copper plate placed below a stamp battery, over which pulp passes. The free gold contained in the pulp is amalgamated by mercury on the plate. c. A broad shallow vat used for evaporating d. A receptacle or endless belt for conveying material (such as rock) by means of a cableway and trolley. Syn:traveling apro e. The front gate of a scraper body. (references)
Publishing & Graphic Arts	A cloth or plate of flexible material which provides a seal to prevent loss of stock as it flows onto the wire. Source: European Union. (references)
Transportation	Part of the surface of an airfield just in front of hangars or other facilities for storing aircraft while on the ground. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Apron

Synonyms: forestage (n), proscenium (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: guttered (food & agriculture, mechanical engineering).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Canonicals	Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume.
Clothing	Acket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine; kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers; chaqueta, songtag, tablier.
Defense	Bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako; (dress).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hey apron! who told you you could make eye contact (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Little Book for a Little Cook and Apron (reference) Apron Strings Family Cookbook (reference) Does Your Resume Wear Apron Strings?: From the Baking to the Winning of Bread (reference) Instead of the butler's apron (reference) My Mother's Apron (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Sean McGuire: The Mason's Apron (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Piper's Apron [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Chef Revival Tool 100% Cotton Bib Apron (reference) Fiskars 94286974 Garden Waist Apron (reference) McGuire-Nicholas 490X 11-Pocket Leather Construction Apron (reference) McGuire-Nicholas C9 Apron Bibb (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Noise Research Program on Hangar Apron. Credit: NASA.		The sex of a blue crab is determined by the shape of the "apron". The male apron, shown here, is shaped like a rocket. Females have either a "V" shape (immature) or a very wide apron with a small tip (mature.). Credit: America's Coastlines.
	A mature female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), known colloquially as a "sook." Note the apron, shaped like the Capitol building, and the red-tipped claws. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Chow hall at Point Pitt. Lynn Morgan, in apron, was a great cook. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	A man in a long apron guides a suspended barrel into a steaming vat. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		AntiMasonic apron. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Old woman in apron and shawl. Credit: Library of Congress.		Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to right, standing, in costume with lace apron, holding bouquet. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pearl Harbor bombing. Hangar fire. Japanese bombs wrecked and fired this hangar at the U.S. naval air station, Pearl Harbor, in addition to causing extensive damage to planes on the apron and runways, several of which may be seen in the foreground. Credit: Library of Congress.		Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church called "Queen." She wears the native old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	When she was thus bent over, she did not notice that the pocket of her apron emptied itself into the spring
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	But he drank off the hot weak tea which the clumsy scullion, girt with a white apron, poured into his cup.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And then in pity she tore a strip from her own apron and tied up his jaw.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Sri Lanka	The parking apron has a capacity to accommodate a mix of 17 wide/narrow body aircraft and 5 small aircraft. (references)
	Sri Lanka	The project will involve increasing the passenger handling capacity by 2 million, expansion of the aircraft parking apron and utilities, and improvements to air navigation systems. (references)
	Sri Lanka	The Government has recently launched a $100 million expansion project with JBIC financing to increase the passenger handling capacity by two million passengers, expand the aircraft parking apron and improve the air navigation systems. (references)
Trade	Bulgaria	Loans for Bulgaria include ECU 60 for construction of a new passenger terminal and apron at Sofia Airport. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Apron" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.80% of the time. "Apron" is used about 491 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.8%	490	12,222
Noun (proper)	0.2%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	491	N/A

Expressions using "apron": alluvial apron ♦ Apron man ♦ Apron string ♦ apron strings ♦ Devil's apron ♦ dispersal apron ♦ falling apron ♦ flexible apron ♦ holding apron ♦ launching apron ♦ leather apron ♦ pin apron ♦ spike apron ♦ spiked apron ♦ tied to his mother's apron strings ♦ to be tied to a mother's apron strings ♦ to be tied to a wife's apron strings ♦ upturned apron. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "apron": apron-like, apron-pouches, apron-stage, apron-strings.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "apron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vend qëndrimi avionash, platformë (chase, emplacement, platform, stage), paraskenë (proscenium), përparëse (Dickey, dicky, duster, pinafore, Pinner). (various references)

Arabic		‏مريلة (bib), ‏مئزر (boot, brat, duster), ‏غطاء معدني لوقاية أجزاء الماكينة, ‏غطاء العربة المشمع. (various references)

Basque		mantal. (various references)

Blackfoot		o'tsísta'tsis. (various references)

Bulgarian		съоръжения за укрепване на бряг, русло, конвейторна лента, конвейторен, козирка (bill, peak, penthouse, visard, visor, vizor), авансцена (proscenium), престилка (pinafore), покривка за краката във файтон, перон (platform). (various references)

Chamorro		tapes. (various references)

Chinese		圍裙 , 围裙. (various references)

Cornish		apern. (various references)

Czech		zástìra. (various references)

Danish		tremmetransportoer (drag apron, endless floor, floor conveyor, moving apron, slat conveyor), stensætning, solbaenk, slidsk, saalbaenk, rende (channel, chute, cutting, diversion cut, drain, duct, furrow, glass receiver, grip, groove, gut, gutter, lead, rill, scoop, sulcus, tin, tray, tray bar, trench, trough), lamelfoedebaand (drag apron, endless floor, floor conveyor, moving apron, slat conveyor), inderstævn, forplads, forklaede, forklæde, ekspeditionsplatform (ramp), dug uden ende (drag apron, endless floor, floor conveyor, moving apron, slat conveyor), cementbelagt område ved lufthavnsbygninger. (various references)

Dutch		schort (skirt), voorschoot, sloof (girder, waling), boezelaar. (various references)

Esperanto		antaŭtuko. (various references)

Faeroese		fyriklæði. (various references)

Farsi		پیش دامن , پیش بند (Pinafore), کف (Blubber, Bottom, Foam, Insole, Scum, Silt, Slag), صحن . (various references)

Finnish		asema-taso, uittokouru (timber slide), suojaluiska, suojakiveys, sorvin lukkolevy, seisontataso, lukkolevy, esiliina (chaperon, pinafore, pinny). (various references)

French		tablier. (various references)

Frisian		skelk. (various references)

German		schürze (pinafore, pinny), schurz (loincloth). (various references)

Greek		ποδιά (lap, overall). (various references)

Hebrew		מעפורת (overall, pinafore, smock), תריס (blind, gate, shutter, sluice, thyroid), סינור (girdle, pinafore), סנר (girdle, pinafore). (various references)

Hungarian		kötény (dickey, dicky, pinafore, placket). (various references)

Indonesian		celemek. (various references)

Italian		grembiule (jumper, overall, smock). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		前垂れ , 前垂 , 前掛け , エネルギー問題 (apron stage, effect, effective, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まえかけ, まえだれ, エプロン . (various references)

Korean		앞치마. (various references)

Manx		laplin (pinafore), brat (cloak, clot, coat, coating, cover, covering, curtain, film, layer, overgrowth, pall, pinafore, sheet, standing crop, wrap), arpin (orpine), apyrn. (various references)

Mohawk		ateniyonta. (various references)

Norwegian		forkle (disguise). (various references)

Occitan		davantal. (various references)

Papago		bahshodag. (various references)

Pig Latin		apronay.(various references)

Portuguese		avental (adjustable shield, canopy, cover, flap, hoe shield, open shield, rear flap, safety shield, shield). (various references)

Romanian		avanscenã (proscenium), apãrãtor (champion, defencist, defender, friend, Guardian, palladium, protector, supporter), prag (crest, limit, rapid, sill, step, threshold, verge), epitrahie, bazin de amortizare, şorţ (pinafore). (various references)

Romansch		scussal. (various references)

Romany		fòoti. (various references)

Russian		фартук (skirting). (various references)

Scottish		aparan, brat (a mantle, covering, mantle, veil). (various references)

Sepedi		thetho. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pregača (rung), kecelja, betonirani teren na aerodromu. (various references)

Shona		fasikoti. (various references)

Spanish		delantal (pinafore, pinny, smock). (various references)

Swazi		sí-dziyá. (various references)

Swedish		förkläde (appron, chaperon, pinafore, pinny). (various references)

Thai		ผ้ากันเปื้อน (dickey, sercviette), ที่กำบัง (covert). (various references)

Turkish		önlük (bib, dicky, overall, pinafore, pinny, school uniform, smock). (various references)

Turkmen		fartuk (r). (various references)

Ukrainian		фартух (brat, pinafore, save-all, tire), ширина набережної, козирок (visor, vizor), водобій, запона (canopy), жолоб (canal, chamfer, channel, chute, flume, fuller, gutter, outfall, penstock, rut), авансцена (foreground, proscenium), лоток, поріг (altar, cataract, door step, riffle, sill, sole, threshold), паркінг, пластина (platen). (various references)

Vietnamese		lúc nào cũng bám lấy mẹ (apron-string), hoàn toàn lệ thuộc vào vợ theo mẹ như cái đuôi (apron-string), dây tạp dề bám lấy gấu váy vợ (apron-string). (various references)

Welsh		arffedog, ffedog, barclod. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lumbare, mappa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "apron": aproned, aproning, aprons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Apron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaron, aborn, Abrdn, acron, Adron, aeron, airon, Alp'roc, ampro, ampton, Amron, Apiron, apon, apone, apor, aporn, appr, approof, approp, apri, aprin, Aprkov, Aprlow, apro, apront, apros, aprow, aprox, Arlon, aron, aroon, Arpin, arron, aspros, Auronzo, Avrion, avron, Ayrhoh, Azrin, Daprou, Eperon, epron, Epryn, Fabron, mapron, npro, Paran, parnon, parone, parony, paroon, Pron. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "apron" (pronounced ā"prun)
4	-p r u n	aspirin.
3	-r u n	fibrin, Baron, barren, brethren, Buran, cauldron, Chevron, children, citron, doctrine, foreign, garron, giron, grandchildren, heron, intron, Marron, matron, octahedron, patron, perron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, saffron, schoolchildren, siren, sovereign, sovran, squadron, stepchildren, tetrahedron, Warren.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-n-o-p-r"
	-1 letter: porn, prao, proa, roan.
	-2 letters: nap, nor, oar, ora, pan, par, pro, ran, rap.
	-3 letters: an, ar, na, no, on, op, or, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-n-o-p-r"
	+1 letter: aprons, nonpar, orphan, pardon, parson, parton, patron, pawnor, prolan, tarpon.
	+2 letters: alphorn, anaphor, aproned, atropin, crampon, harpoon, manrope, operand, operant, orphans, padrone, padroni, pandoor, pandora, pandore, pandour, paragon, pardons, paronym, parsons, partons, patrons, patroon, pawnors, persona, pignora, polaron, poniard, proband, probang, profane, prolans, pronate, pronota, propane, propman, protean, rampion, soprani, soprano, sporran, tarpons.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
apron	1,002	apron free pattern	22
barbecue apron	98	restaurant apron	22
apron pattern	67	bib apron	21
chef apron	61	personalized apron	21
cooking apron	61	rubber apron	21
kitchen apron	55	plastic apron	19
funny apron	50	man apron	18
leather apron	49	grill apron	18
apron sink	45	server apron	18
apron hawaiian	42	kid apron	18
lead apron	35	apron front sink	18
apron string	32	waist apron	17
cobbler apron	32	apron change	17
child apron	30	apron bartender	17
waitress apron	29	apron cook kiss	17
novelty apron	28	denim apron	17
shop apron	28	apron top	17
masonic and apron	27	apron wood	17
vintage apron	27	apron money waitress	16
embroidered apron	25	apron wholesale	15
		nail apron	15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Apron

Definition: Apron

Apron

Noun

Specialty Definition: Apron

Specialty Definition: Apron

Synonyms: Apron

Synonyms within Context: Apron

Canonicals

Clothing

Defense

Crosswords: Apron

Modern Usage: Apron

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Use in Literature: Apron

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Apron

Usage Frequency: Apron

Expressions: Apron

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Apron

Modern Translation: Apron

Albanian

Arabic

Basque

Blackfoot

Bulgarian

Chamorro

Chinese

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Mohawk

Norwegian

Occitan

Papago

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Romansch

Romany

Russian

Scottish

Sepedi

Serbo-Croatian

Shona

Spanish

Swazi

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