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Meanings of umbrella in English

Russian
зонт
Portuguese
sombrinha
Spanish
paraguas
Catalan
paraigües
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Canopy designed to protect against rain or sunlight.

      зонт
      Wikidata

      Parasol.

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            Examples for "brolly"
            Examples for "brolly"
            1
            Victoria rummages through her bag and finds her brolly and her medicines.
            The Guardian
            2
            Also, it's Ireland in April so bring a brolly, a jumper and a hat.
            The Irish Times
            3
            He slid the brolly into a sheath built into the chassis of the bike.
            Sister Mine
            4
            I may even splash out on a Marry Poppins brolly.
            News.com.au
            5
            For years women in motor racing were just "brolly dollies" or mascots.
            The Irish Times
            1
            A "gamp" became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century.
            The Guardian
            2
            You kicked yourself because you hadn't taken your mother's advice and brought a gamp.
            A Dominie in Doubt
            3
            All things are much as you left them, except that what regards gamp is a good deal better.
            Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
            4
            Your gamp was someone else's.
            Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919
            5
            It is a goot blace for a gamp, Leftenant, und we shall pe all right in a tay or two.
            Overland: A Novel
            1
            The French name parapluie tells the truth of umbrella use in a northern climate.
            The Guardian
            2
            Isn't that Emmeline Fox, trotting along under a parapluie?
            The crimson petal and the white
            3
            There are, indeed, many French suggestions in Cologne, and in the shops they still sometimes call an umbrella a parapluie.
            Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behin...
            1
            A laugh went off in his throat like a rat-bomb, sending the last of the guests scurrying for their bumbershoots.
            Jitterbug Perfume
            2
            Legendary blues guitarist Bo Diddley performs at the 35th annual Bumbershoot Seattle Arts Festival in Seattle September 4, 2005.
            Reuters

            Umbrella.

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                    Usage of umbrella in English
                    1
                    The UN major group of NGOs, an umbrella group, condemned the document.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    Therefore, the larger umbrella term of CIF is used in this statement.
                    Pubmed
                    3
                    All of them are regulated under the umbrella of common EU legislation.
                    BBC
                    4
                    I shall be able to hold the umbrella over both of us.
                    The Guardian
                    5
                    FGM is actually several different procedures, but this is the umbrella description.
                    Feminist dot com
                    6
                    The ACTU groups the main Australian trade unions under an umbrella group.
                    Reuters
                    7
                    Dunedin's social services umbrella organisation has collapsed, causing shock in the sector.
                    Radio NZ
                    8
                    Together For Yes said it would wind down as an umbrella group.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    Pubs of Ulster, the North's industry umbrella group, appears to think so.
                    The Irish Times
                    10
                    She took the umbrella from him, and put it in the rack.
                    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 01
                    11
                    No, she would walk and take an umbrella along, just in case.
                    A vote of confidence
                    12
                    Other disparate enterprises under the group umbrella have a better growth potential.
                    The Guardian
                    13
                    There was then a general question whether Clara had taken her umbrella.
                    The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
                    14
                    The banks provided an umbrella as long as the sun was shining.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    Already, I see umbrella groups and bureaucracy beginning to invade these spaces.
                    BBC
                    16
                    And she waved the umbrella in an elliptical curve about her head.
                    Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
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