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Meaning of 'umbrella' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Umbrella [ n.]
- A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
- The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
- Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.

Meaning of 'umbrella' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . umbrella [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
Example in sentence:
  • an air umbrella over England
Meaning (2):
- having the function of uniting a group of similar things
Example in sentence:
  • the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups;
  • under the umbrella of capitalism
3 . umbrella [ s]
Meaning (3):
- covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups
Example in sentence:
  • an umbrella organization;
  • umbrella insurance coverage

Nearby Words:

umbe umbecast umbel umbellar umbellate umbellated umbellet umbellic umbellifer umbelliferone

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