APRON
What does "APRON" mean?
A protective garment worn over the front of the body to keep clothes clean.
Meanings
- A garment tied around the waist to protect clothing while cooking or working. He wiped his hands on his apron and answered the door.
- The paved area at an airport where aircraft are parked, loaded, and serviced. The plane taxied off the runway and onto the apron. technical
- The part of a theatre stage that projects in front of the curtain. The actor delivered the soliloquy from the apron, near the audience. technical
Did you know?
- 'Apron' was originally 'napron' (related to 'napkin'); English speakers misheard 'a napron' as 'an apron', and the stolen N never came back - the same slip that turned 'a nadder' into 'an adder'.
Word origin
From Middle English 'a napron', from Old French 'naperon', a small cloth; the initial 'n' migrated to the article, turning 'a napron' into 'an apron' - a process called metanalysis.
Remember it
APRON = APRON; remember it lost its N to the word 'an' - 'a napron' became 'an apron'.
A little poem
Flour on the strings-
a small cloth shield held the whole
weight of someone's care.
haiku
What it teaches
A single mishearing, repeated by enough mouths, becomes the new truth; language is a vote, not a law.
Quick facts
What does APRON mean?
A protective garment worn over the front of the body to keep clothes clean.
Is APRON a valid word?
Yes — APRON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is APRON?
APRON has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does APRON come from?
From Middle English 'a napron', from Old French 'naperon', a small cloth; the initial 'n' migrated to the article, turning 'a napron' into 'an apron' - a process called metanalysis.
What can APRON teach us?
A single mishearing, repeated by enough mouths, becomes the new truth; language is a vote, not a law.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.