Usually means: Sleeveless garment worn over clothes.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word PINAFORE:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinafore: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pinafore: Merriam-Webster
  3. pinafore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pinafore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pinafore: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pinafore: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pinafore, pinafore: Wordnik
  8. pinafore: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pinafore: Wiktionary
  10. pinafore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pinafore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pinafore: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pinafore, pinafore: Dictionary.com
  14. pinafore: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pinafore (disambiguation), Pinafore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pinafore: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pinafore: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pinafore: Rhymezone
  19. Pinafore: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pinafore: FreeDictionary.org
  21. pinafore: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. pinafore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pinafore: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dress King Fashion Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pinafore: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FASHION AND DESIGN (No longer online)

(Note: See pinafored as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pinafore)

▸ noun:  A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To dress in a pinafore.

Similar:
pinny, jumper, pinbefore, pincloth, slipper, tidy, slip, tire, nap dress, cover-slut, more...

Opposite:
apron, apron front, apron front dress, apron-front dress

Types:
smock, pinafore dress, more...

Phrases:
pinafore dress, pinafore dresses, H.M.S. Pinafore, more...

Adjectives:
white, blue, clean, black, little, pink, starched, long, dirty, red, ruffled

Colors:
    burgundy,     forest green,     mustard,     charcoal,     olive, more...


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Similar:
pinny, jumper, pinbefore, pincloth, slipper, tidy, slip, tire, nap dress, cover-slut, more...

Opposite:
apron, apron front, apron front dress, apron-front dress

Types:
smock, pinafore dress, more...

Phrases:
pinafore dress, pinafore dresses, H.M.S. Pinafore, more...

Adjectives:
white, blue, clean, black, little, pink, starched, long, dirty, red, ruffled

Colors:
    burgundy,     forest green,     mustard,     charcoal,     olive, more...



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