umbrella

Pronunciation: /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/

The English word “umbrella” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
Anything that provides similar protection.
Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.

verb

To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
To move like a jellyfish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix).

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