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1. (n.) umbrella
a light, portable, circular cover for protection from inclement weather, consisting of a collapsible, fabric-covered frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
2. umbrella
something that protects from above, as military aircraft safeguarding surface forces:
an air umbrella.
3. umbrella
something, as an organization or policy, that encompasses a number of groups or elements.
4. (adj.) umbrella
functioning or shaped like an umbrella.
5. umbrella
applying to or covering simultaneously a number of similar items, elements, or groups:
the umbrella coverage of an insurance policy.
Etymology: (1600–10; < It ombrello < LL umbrella, alter. (with influence of L umbra shade) of L umbella sunshade. See umbel)
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1. (noun) umbrella
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
2. (noun) umbrella
a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
"an air umbrella over England"
3. (adj) umbrella
having the function of uniting a group of similar things
"the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism"
4. (adj) umbrella
covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups
"an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage"
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1. (noun) umbrella
a device with a long handle that protects your head from rain or sun
to put up an umbrella
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Umbrella
a shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol
2. (noun) Umbrella
the umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish
3. (noun) Umbrella
any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell
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Sense: an apparatus for protecting a person from the rain, made of a folding covered framework attached to a stick with a handle
Take an umbrella; – it's going to rain.
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 Afrikaans: sambreel |
 Arabic: مِظَلَّه |
 Bulgarian: чадър |
 Brazilian: guarda-chuva |
 Czech: deštník |
 German: der Schirm |
 Danish: paraply |
 Greek: ομπρέλα |
 Spanish: paraguas |
 Estonian: vihmavari |
 Farsi: چتر |
 Finnish: sateenvarjo |
 French: parapluie |
 Hebrew: מִטרִייָה |
 Hindi: छतरी, छाता |
 Croatian: kišobran |
 Hungarian: esernyő |
 Indonesian: payung |
 Icelandic: regnhlíf |
 Italian: ombrello |
 Japanese: かさ |
 Korean: 우산 |
 Lithuanian: skëtis |
 Latvian: lietussargs |
 Malay: payung |
 Dutch: paraplu |
 Norwegian: paraply |
 Polish: parasol |
 Persian: چتر |
 Pashto: چترۍ، چتر، ديسوه ډول كب چ |
 Portuguese: guarda-chuva |
 Romanian: umbrelă |
 Russian: зонт(ик) |
 Slovak: dáždnik |
 Slovenian: dežnik |
 Serbian: kišobran |
 Swedish: paraply |
 Thai: ร่ม |
 Turkish: şemsiye |
 Taiwanese: 雨傘 |
 Ukrainian: парасолька, зонт |
 Urdu: چھتري |
 Vietnamese: cái ô |
 Chinese: 雨伞 |
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