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Definition of Umbrella

1. Adjective. Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups. "Umbrella insurance coverage"

2. Noun. A lightweight handheld collapsible canopy.

3. Noun. A formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets. "An air umbrella over England"

4. Noun. Having the function of uniting a group of similar things. "Under the umbrella of capitalism"

Definition of Umbrella

1. 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.

Definition of Umbrella

1. Noun. Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. ¹

2. Noun. Generally, anything that provides protection. ¹

3. Noun. Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups and etc. ¹

4. Noun. The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Umbrella

1. to provide with an umbrella (a portable cover for protection from rain or sun) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Umbrella

1. 1. 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. "Underneath the umbrella's oily shed." (Gay) 2. The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. 3. Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; called also umbrella shell. Umbrella ant, a South American bird (Cephalopterus ornatus) of the family Cotingidae. It is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also dragoon bird. Umbrella leaf, a kind of magnolia (M. Umbrella) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine (Pandanus odoratissimus). Origin: It. Umbrella, fr. Ombra a shade, L. Umbra; cf. L. Umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. Umbel, Umbrage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Umbrella

umbraids umbral umbraphile umbraphiles umbras umbrate umbrated umbrates umbratic umbratical

umbratile umbrating umbratious umbre umbrel umbrella (current term) umbrella arum umbrella bird umbrella body umbrella companies

umbrella company umbrella fern umbrella magnolia umbrella organisation umbrella organisations umbrella organization umbrella organizations umbrella pine umbrella pines umbrella plant

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