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apron
[ ey-pruhn ]
/ ˈeɪ prən /
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noun
verb (used with object)
to put an apron on; furnish with an apron.
to surround in the manner of an apron: The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing.
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Origin of apron
1275–1325; 1925–30 for def. 6; 1900–05 for def. 8; Middle English napron (by later misconstruing a napron as an apron) <Middle French naperon, equivalent to nape tablecloth (<Latin mappa napkin; cf. map) + -ron diminutive suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM apron
a·pron·like, adjectiveun·a·proned, adjectiveWords nearby apron
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British Dictionary definitions for apron
apron
/ (ˈeɪprən) /
noun
verb
(tr) to protect or provide with an apron
Word Origin for apron
C16: mistaken division (as if an apron) of earlier a napron, from Old French naperon a little cloth, from nape cloth, from Latin mappa napkin
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Scientific definitions for apron
apron
[ ā′prən ]
An area covered by a blanketlike deposit of glacial, eolian, marine, or alluvial sediments, especially an area at the foot of a mountain or in front of a glacier.
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