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# pinafore

«pinafore» in Mova's school dictionary: **an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pinafores)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinafore/#m1)

2) A pinafore can also be a loose dress with no sleeves, worn over a blouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinafore/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, children's clothing; a pinafore can be used as a bag to carry things

### examples

- She put on a clean white pinafore for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinafore/#x1)
- The girls filled their pinafores with berries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinafore/#x2)
- Gretel emptied her pinafore of pearls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinafore/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pinafore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinafore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.