Apron vs. Brat

Apronnoun

An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.

Bratnoun

A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

‘Get that little brat away from me!’;

Apronnoun

The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.

Bratnoun

(slang) A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.

‘an army brat’;

Apronnoun

A hard surface bordering a structure or area.

Bratnoun

a turbot or flatfish

Apronnoun

(aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal

Bratnoun

(historic) A rough cloak or ragged garment

Apronnoun

The spreading end of a driveway.

Bratnoun

A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.

Apronnoun

The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.

Bratnoun

(obsolete) The young of an animal.

Apronnoun

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station

Bratnoun

(informal) bratwurst

Apronnoun

The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.

Bratnoun

A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.

Apronnoun

(pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.

Bratnoun

A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.

Apronnoun

The sides of a tree's canopy.

Bratnoun

A child; an offspring; - formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.

‘O Israel! O household of the Lord!O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed!’;

Apronnoun

The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.

Bratnoun

The young of an animal.

Apronnoun

A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

Bratnoun

A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Apronverb

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

Bratnoun

a very troublesome child

Apronnoun

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

Bratnoun

a small pork sausage

Apronnoun

Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;

Apronnoun

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

Apronnoun

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

Apronnoun

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

Apronnoun

a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used

Apronnoun

a protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back

‘a striped butcher's apron’; ‘I reached into my apron pocket’;

Apronnoun

a garment similar to an apron that is worn as part of official dress, as by a bishop or Freemason.

Apronnoun

a sheet of lead worn to shield the body during an X-ray examination.

Apronnoun

a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure

‘a tiny apron of garden’;

Apronnoun

a hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or parking aircraft

‘the pilot was instructed to park on the main apron’;

Apronnoun

a projecting strip of stage for playing scenes in front of the curtain.

Apronnoun

an area of asphalt where the drive of a house meets the road.

Apronnoun

the narrow strip of a boxing ring lying outside the ropes.

Apronnoun

an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain.

Apronnoun

an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates

‘apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill’;

Apron

An apron is a garment that is worn over other clothing and covers mainly the front of the body. The word comes from old French napron meaning a small piece of cloth, however over time became , a process in linguistics called rebracketing.

‘a napron’; ‘an apron’;