HOW TO PRONOUNCE
umbrella
/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/
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What does umbrella mean?
noun
- A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- (figuratively) Anything that provides similar protection.
- (figuratively) Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
More meanings (6)
noun
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/
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“It is when my umbrella turns inside out that I am convinced of the total depravity of inanimate things,” she said gaily.
He unfurls the umbrella in the face of the bull or dog, and the brute turns round quite scared, and runs away.
More book examples (3)
But anybody may forget an umbrella, as anybody might forget a shed that he has stood up in out of the rain.
Layard gives a picture of a bas-relief representing a king in his chariot, with an attendant holding an Umbrella over his head.
On John’s footer days she never once forgot his sweater, and she usually carried an umbrella in her mouth in case of rain.