a‧pron /ˈeɪprən/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: a napron, mistaken for an apron; napron (14-16 centuries) from Old French naperon, from nape 'cloth']
1. a piece of clothing that covers the front part of your clothes and is tied around your waist, worn to keep your clothes clean, especially while cooking
2. apron strings informal the relationship between a child and its mother, especially if the mother controls an adult son or daughter too much:
You’re 25 years old, and you still haven’t cut the apron strings. Jeff is still tied to his mother’s apron strings.3. technical the hard surface in an airport on which planes are turned around, loaded, unloaded etc
4. technical (
also apron stage) the part of the stage in a theatre that is in front of the curtain
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