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AYPR-uh-n/ˈeɪprən/

An apron is a piece of clothing worn over the front of your clothes to keep them clean, especially when cooking. A tabard is a school or care-home twin; PPE is the wider safety kit. Food tech: tie the apron; a hoodie is not PPE.

Meaning

A piece of clothing worn over the front of your clothes to keep them clean, especially when cooking.

Examples

• “Tie the apron for food tech; a hoodie is not PPE.”
• “A disposable apron on the ward is single-use; it is not a food-tech cloth apron.”

Good to know

an apron; tie an apron. Close (care/school): a tabard. Contrast: PPE as a wider set. Food tech / NHS. Countable. Mix-up: an apron stage is theatre, not clothes.

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