umbrella
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- noun
- /ʌmˈbrɛlə/
- She opened her umbrella just in time to stay dry in the rain.
- carry an umbrella
- an umbrella for rain
- hold an umbrella
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Watch on YouTubeRain dripping from their hair and umbrellas pooling into puddles.
- Rain dripping from their hair and umbrellas pooling into puddles.
- And then I saw an an abandoned umbrella, and I used that.
- And for every umbrella you buy, we give an umbrella to some poor dude in Seattle.
- And she lengthened it with a piece of umbrella that she had found on the street.
- So don't burn your umbrellas because you're going to need them to protect you.
- Well, she orders all her umbrellas from the brand Fulton, again, a British company.
- They got a pool where all the umbrellas are nice.
- Yeah, under an umbrella in a nightgown, barefoot.
- They were things again like umbrellas and ping pong balls.
- But don't worry, I can get some cool rain umbrella Instagram photos from it.
Examples
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If it is raining, the most efficient position to hold an umbrella is obviously vertical.
Academic text (2005) -
His mother was sitting eighty feet away, under a beach umbrella near the pool.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then I saw an an abandoned umbrella, and I used that.
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And I was just a guy selling him an umbrella.
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I brought you an umbrella.
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Maybe we should take an umbrella.
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Hold on, I'll get you an umbrella.
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And I'm standing there in my high heels, no jacket, no umbrella, in the rain.
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You will find sunblock in your quarters, as well as an umbrella and a cooler.
Fiction book (1991) -
Once outside, people stand under a few umbrellas, waiting for the caterers to finish setting up chairs.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A small umbrella that gives shade from the sun
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A British informal word for an umbrella
A small umbrella you hold to protect from rain or sun
Compounds
- Australian
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An evergreen plant often grown indoors with leaves that spread like an umbrella
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A small tree with large leaves at the ends of its branches and creamy white flowers
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A large black tropical bird with a high crest and a long feathered neck wattle
- Specialized
A small upright tree with large leaves that form rolled groups at the branch tips
A tall evergreen tree from Japan with needle-like leaves in umbrella-like groups at twig tips
A perennial plant with large umbrella-like leaves and white to pink flower clusters near streams
A perennial that blooms late with flat-topped clusters of small white flowers on rocky slopes
- South African
An African water plant with a circular fan of thin grass-like leaves used in ponds
- South African
A water plant from Africa with a top group of thin leaves that spread like an umbrella
- Philippine
A tropical plant with large leaves, a dark red flower-like part, and edible underground stems
A small tree that loses its leaves in autumn with large leaves like umbrellas and white spring flowers
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Etymology
Umbrella comes from the Latin umbra, meaning 'shadow', and came into English through Italian ombrella. Think of it as a small, portable 'shadow' you carry to keep off rain or sun.