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bibbed

bibbed

6.4
Having a cloth over the chest like an apron to protect clothes
  • adjective
  • /bɪbd/
translation icon : con peto
  • The children in the choir were dressed in matching bibbed smocks.

Examples

  • A bibbed overall can be practical for gardening or painting.

  • She wore a bibbed apron while baking to protect her clothes.

  • Look at that bibbed dress she is wearing!

  • The bibbed overalls are very comfortable.

  • The chef wore a bibbed apron to keep his clothes clean while cooking.

  • The children laughed as they splashed in puddles, their bibbed overalls protecting them from the mud.

  • At the farm, the workers wore bibbed overalls to make it easier to carry tools.

Synonyms

aproned
vsbibbed
1 4.4

Wearing an apron while working in a kitchen

describes having a front panel attached to clothing, not wearing the full protective garment

Antonyms

bibless
9.3

Not wearing a bib when eating or competing

Surface Forms

bibbed positive

Morphology

bibbed = bib (transparent) = bib + ed

A regular adjectival past-participial formation from the noun 'bib' (bib + -ed) meaning 'having a bib'.

Etymology

Bibbed comes from bib, a small cloth whose name comes from an old word meaning 'to drink', like Latin bibere 'to drink'. A bib is worn to catch food or drink on the chest, so bibbed means 'having a bib' on a garment.