umbrella
IPA: ʌmbrˈɛɫʌ
noun
- A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- (figurative) Anything that provides protection.
- (figurative) Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
- The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
- (photography, television) An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
verb
- (transitive) To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
- (intransitive) To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
- (intransitive) To move like a jellyfish.
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Examples of "umbrella" in Sentences
- I bought an umbrella for 20 bucks.
- The umbrella was endurable of the rain.
- Bring your umbrella because it will rain today.
- The twirling of the umbrella hypnotizes the penguins.
- It falls under the umbrella of the transgender spectrum.
- The blue umbrella is the temptation, the apple, that all covet.
- The stigmas are located at the tips of the umbrella like style.
- The story involved the female ghost with the umbrella in the store.
- The organisation is listed by the umbrella resource Digital Dividend.
- The song is full of such pathos and sorrow and longing for that umbrella.