Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: apron
IPA transcription: ['eɪpɹən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: apron
    Meaning: a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
Usage examples
  • Bell still wore the checked apron as described by her sister.
  • A black woman, wiping her hands upon her apron, was close at his heels.
  • "He will propose to the first white apron he sees in a dairy restaurant to-morrow.
  • Minna came in, wearing a cook's apron, and asked if her mother had rung for her yet.
  • Off came my apron, and up two pairs of stairs I ran; after a long search it came to light.
  • While thus bent over, she did not notice that the pocket of her apron had emptied itself into the spring.
  • She has got on your old checked apron, and when he came in she was rolling up the fire-irons in brown paper.
  • As soon as breakfast was over, and the dishes were washed and put away, Debby would tie on a clean apron, and come up stairs for orders.
  • I went down into the kitchen, put on my large baking apron, and began my labors; of course the door-bell rang, and a poor woman was announced.
  • The little man's hands and arms were as hard and tough as the leather in his apron, and Dorothy thought Johnny Dooit looked as if he had done a lot of hard work in his lifetime.