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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024um•brel•la /ʌmˈbrɛlə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -las. - a light, circular cover for protection from rain, snow, or sometimes hot sun, made of a frame of fabric supported by thin ribs that come out of the top of a carrying stick or handle.
- something that protects from above, as military aircraft over ground forces.
- something, as an organization or policy, that includes a number of groups or elements.
adj. [before a noun] - applying to a number of similar elements or groups at the same time:an umbrella insurance policy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024um•brel•la (um brel′ə),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Invertebratesthe saucer- or bowl-shaped, gelatinous body of a jellyfish;
bell. - something that covers or protects from above, as military aircraft safeguarding surface forces:an air umbrella.
- any general kind of protection:a price umbrella.
- something, as an organization or policy, that covers or encompasses a number of groups or elements.
adj. - shaped like or intended to perform the function of an umbrella.
- 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.
- Late Latin umbrella, alteration (with influence of Latin umbra shade) of Latin umbella sunshade. See umbel
- Italian ombrella, earlier variant of ombrello
- 1600–10; 1965–70 for def. 7;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: umbrella /ʌmˈbrɛlə/ n - 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
- the flattened cone-shaped contractile body of a jellyfish or other medusa
- a protective shield or screen, esp of aircraft or gunfire
- anything that has the effect of a protective screen or cover
Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra shade; see umbraumˈbrella-ˌlike adj |