umbrella.
A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
Meaning & usage
A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!
Anything that provides similar protection.
The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.
Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.
An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).
To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
To move like a jellyfish.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).
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