English Explanatory Dictionary

apron string

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.
  2. A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).

Pronunciation

en-au-apron string.ogg

Word forms

apron string apron strings apron-string

Related words

cut the umbilical cord

Derived words

apron-string hold loosen the apron strings
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