apron

1. 1.

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

   Broaderprotective garment

   Partsapron stringbib
2. 2.

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

   Broadersite

   Part offairway

   golf

3. 3.

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

   Synonymsprosceniumforestage

   Broaderstage

   Part oftheater stage

   Partsfootlightsprompt box
4. 4.

   a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used

   Broaderpaved surface

   Part ofairfield

Other forms of apron

plural

aprons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about apron

What does apron mean?

apron means "a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apron?

apron has 2 syllables: a-pron. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪpɹən/.

What is another word for apron?

Close synonyms include proscenium, forestage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apron a common word?

apron is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.