Umbrella ʌmˈbrelə Beach Separate Noun Bre I Put

• i put up my umbrella.
• colourful beach umbrellas
• a rolled/furled umbrella
• an umbrella stand

umbrella

1. an object with a round folding frame of long straight pieces of metal covered with material, that you use to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun
• compare parasol
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• I put up my umbrella.
• colourful beach umbrellas
• a rolled/furled umbrella
• an umbrella stand
2. a thing that contains or includes many different parts or elements
• Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.
• an umbrella organization/group/fund
• ‘Contact sports’ is an umbrella term for a variety of different sports.
3. a country or system that protects people

Extra Examples

• Two separate political parties emerged from the umbrella organization.
• ‘Herb’ is an umbrella term covering many types of plant.
• She let down her umbrella and furled it.
• She was fast asleep under a big beach umbrella.
• The two sectors combined under the umbrella of the Scottish Council.
• an umbrella group including members of opposition parties
• the American nuclear umbrella over Europe
• the broad umbrella of alternative medicine
• the two areas brought together under the umbrella of the committee
• Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of the same authority.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra ‘shade’, from Latin umbra ‘shade’.