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Etymology

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Borrowed fromItalianombrella,umbrella(“parasol, sunshade”), diminutive ofombra(“shade”) (or from aLate Latin orMedieval Latinumbrella), fromLatinumbra(“shadow”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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umbrella (pluralumbrellas)

Anumbrella (noun sense 1)
APacific sea nettle with its goldenrodumbrella (noun sense 5)
Anumbrella (noun sense 6)
  2. A cloth-covered frame used forprotection againstrain orsun.
    Synonym:brelly(chiefly UK, diminutive)
    Meronyms:runner,rib,canopy,stretcher
    Quick, grab thatumbrella before you get rained on!
    • 1913,Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, inThe Lodger, London:Methuen,→OCLC; republished inNovels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.:Longmans, Green and Co., […],[1933],→OCLC,page0091:
      There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
    • 2012, Andrew Martin,Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books,→ISBN, page197:
      When the[lost property] office first opened, the most frequently lost items wereumbrellas. Every white-collar professional carried one, but despite, or because of, that they were easily forgotten about.[…] In the 1930s, a quarter of a millionumbrellas a year came into the office. Now it's more like 10,000.
  3. (figurative) Anything thatprovidessimilarprotection.
    The fighters provide a defensive airumbrella over the battle group.
  4. (figurative) Anything thatprovidessimilaroverarchingcoverage of arange ofconcepts,purposes,groups, etc.
    The test facility was established under theumbrella of the company's quality program.
  5. (ice hockey) Astrategy in which five players in theoffensive zone form an umbrella-shapedformation around the opposition's goal net.
  7. The main body of ajellyfish, excluding thetentacles.
    Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of theirumbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.
  9. (photography, television) An umbrella-shapedreflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used todiffuse a nearbylight.
    • 2014, Michael Allen,Modern Wedding Photography, page97:
      Usingumbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.

Synonyms

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Hyponyms

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  • (cloth-covered frame used as protection from the elements):parasol(sun protection)

Derived terms

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Terms derived fromumbrella (noun)

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Translations

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cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun
anything that provides protection
something that covers a wide range of concepts, ideas, etc.
the main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles
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Verb

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umbrella (third-person singular simple presentumbrellas,present participleumbrellaing,simple past and past participleumbrellaed)

  1. (transitive) Tocover orprotect, as if by an umbrella.
    • 1944,Emily Carr, “Life Loves Living”, inThe House of All Sorts‎[1]:
      Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging whichumbrellaed the House of All Sorts.
    • 2008, Jonathan Kellerman,Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8:
      Huge pine and eucalyptusumbrellaed the grounds, airconditioning the morning.
  2. (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
    • 2011, B. A. Rothwell,The Peaceful Queen, page31:
      Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly andumbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.
  3. (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.
    • 1997,National Geographic Traveler, page36:
      The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodiesumbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.

Anagrams

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSicilianumbrella.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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umbrella f (pluralumbrelel,diminutiveumbrellinorumbrellina)

  1. umbrella

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Noun

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umbrella f (pluralumbrellas)

  1. (Surmiran, Vallader)umbrella,parasol

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