[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:a kitchen apron.", "Anglican Church.a similar garment extending to the knees, worn by bishops, deans, and archdeans.", "a metal plate or cover, usually vertical, for a machine, mechanism, artillery piece, etc., for protecting those who operate it.", "a continuous conveyor belt for bulk materials, consisting of a chain of steel plates.", "(in a lathe) a part of the carriage holding the clutches and gears moving the toolholder.", "a paved or hard-packed area abutting an airfield's buildings and hangars, where planes are parked, loaded, or the like.", "a broad paved area used for parking cars, as at the end of a driveway.", "Civil Engineering.any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water.a platform to receive the water falling over a dam.", "any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water.", "a platform to receive the water falling over a dam.", "the part of a stage floor in front of the curtain line.", "Furniture. skirt(def6) skirt(def6).", "the outer border of a green of a golf course.", "the part of the floor of a boxing ring that extends outside the ropes.", "Also called skirt .a flat, broad piece of interior window trim immediately beneath the sill.", "a strip of metal set into masonry and bent down to cover the upper edge of flashing; counterflashing.", "the open part of a pier for loading and unloading vessels.", "Nautical.(in a wooden vessel) a piece reinforcing the stem on the after side and leading down to the deadwood.", "Geology.a deposit of gravel and sand at the base of a mountain or extending from the edges of a glacier.", "the frill of long hairs on the throat and chest of certain long-haired dogs, as the collie.", "a structure erected around another structure, as for reinforcement or decoration:a high fence surrounded by a wire apron buried in the ground."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to put an apron on; furnish with an apron.", "to surround in the manner of an apron:The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing."]}]