umbrella
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ə noun
1.
a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
2.
the saucer- or bowl-shaped, gelatinous body of a jellyfish; bell.
3.
something that covers or protects from above, as military aircraft safeguarding surface forces: an air umbrella.
4.
any general kind of protection: a price umbrella.
5.
something, as an organization or policy, that covers or encompasses a number of groups or elements.
adjective
6.
shaped like or intended to perform the function of an umbrella.
7.
having the quality or function of covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items, elements, or groups: an umbrella organization; umbrella coverage in an insurance policy.
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Origin:
1600–10; 1965–70 for def 7; < Italian ombrella, earlier variant of ombrello < Late Latin umbrella, alteration (with influence of Latin umbra shade) of Latin umbella sunshade. See umbel
1600–10; 1965–70 for def 7; < Italian ombrella, earlier variant of ombrello < Late Latin umbrella, alteration (with influence of Latin umbra shade) of Latin umbella sunshade. See umbel
Related forms
um·brel·la·less, adjective
um·brel·la·like, adjective
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umbrella (ʌmˈbrɛlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a portable device used for protection against rain, snow, etc, and consisting of a light canopy supported on a collapsible metal frame mounted on a central rod |
| 2. | the flattened cone-shaped contractile body of a jellyfish or other medusa |
| 3. | a protective shield or screen, esp of aircraft or gunfire |
| 4. | anything that has the effect of a protective screen or cover |
| 5. | a. any system or agency that provides centralized organization or general cover for a group of related companies, organizations, etc: dance umbrella |
| b. (as modifier): an umbrella fund; umbrella group | |
| [C17: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra shade; see | |
| um'brella-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
umbrella
1609, first attested in Donne's letters, from It. ombrello, from L.L. umbrella, altered (by influence of umbra) from L. umbella "sunshade, parasol," dim. of umbra "shade, shadow" (see umbrage). A sunshade in the Mediterranean, a shelter from the rain in England; in late
17c. usage, usually as an Oriental or African symbol of dignity. Said to have been used by women in England from c.1700; the first rain-umbrella carried by a man there was traditionally c.1760, by Jonas Hathaway, noted traveler and philanthropist. Fig. sense of "authority, unifying quality" (usually in a phrase such as under the umbrella of) is recorded from 1948.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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umbrella
a portable, hand-held device that is used for protection against rain and sunlight. The modern umbrella consists of a circular fabric or plastic screen stretched over hinged ribs that radiate from a central pole. The hinged ribs permit the screen to be opened and closed so that the umbrella can be carried with ease when not in use.
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Example sentences
Many registration centres consisted of little more than a plastic table, a laptop and an umbrella for shade.
The dancers accelerate as a shower of aqua feathers floats down upon the open umbrella frame on the floor.
And for that romantic stroll in the rain, there's even a tandem umbrella.
In part to deflate his pretensions, his father apprenticed him to an umbrella-maker.
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