umbrella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/
ipa: /ˈʌm.bɹɛl.ə/
note: Indic
ipa: /əmbrəˈlɑ/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: umbrellas
form: brelly
form: brellie
form: brolly
form: humbrella
form: ombrella
form: umbrello
form: umbreller
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ombrella, umbrella (“parasol, sunshade”), diminutive of ombra (“shade”) (or from a Late Latin or Medieval Latin umbrella), from Latin umbra (“shadow”).
Senses: examples: text: Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!
text: 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.
ref: 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:
text: When the [lost property] office first opened, the most frequently lost items were umbrellas. Every white-collar professional carried one, but despite, or because of, that they were easily forgotten about. […] In the 1930s, a quarter of a million umbrellas a year came into the office. Now it's more like 10,000.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 197:
meronyms: runner
rib
canopy
stretcher
glosses: A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
examples: text: The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.
glosses: Anything that provides similar protection.
examples: text: The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
glosses: Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
examples: text: Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.
glosses: The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
examples: text: Using umbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.
ref: 2014, Michael Allen, Modern Wedding Photography, page 97:
topics: arts
broadcasting
hobbies
lifestyle
media
photography
television
glosses: An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
Synonyms: word: chatta
english: royal & religious symbol in South & East Asia
translation: royal & religious symbol in South & East Asia
word: chatra
word: rainshade
word: parapluie
word: gamp
word: bumbershoot
word: umbershoot
word: rain napper
Hyponyms: english: sun protection
translation: sun protection
word: parasol
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: Amazonian umbrellabird
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: Atlantic umbrella slug
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: bare-necked umbrellabird
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: bastard umbrella thorn
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: beach umbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: cumbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: exumbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: exumbrellar
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
taxonomic: Sciadopitys verticillata
word: Japanese umbrella pine
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: jumbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: long-wattled umbrellabird
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: nuclear umbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: poor man's umbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: subumbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: sun umbrella
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: Texas umbrella tree
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella ant
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella bird
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrellabird
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella brand
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella cockatoo
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella company
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella corallimorpharian
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella cover
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella-cover
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella crab
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella fern
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella fund
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella grass
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella insurance
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella-leaf
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrellaless
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrellalike
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella octopus
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella organisation
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella organization
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella palm
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella pine
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella plant
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella policy
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella school
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella stand
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella step
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella term
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella thorn
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella tree
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: umbrella wasp
sense: Terms derived from umbrella (noun)
word: yellow umbrella slug
Related terms: umbra
umbrel
umbrere
awning
bumbershoot
gamp
parasol
shield