Look up: umbrella

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   Umbrella
   An umbrella is a light, portable screen usually circular and supported on a central stick. They are used as protection against the sun, and rain.
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   umbrella
   [adj] - covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups 2. [n] - a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy 3. [n] - a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets 4. [n] - having the function of uniting a group of similar things
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   umbrella
   Portable protection against the rain (when used in the sun it is usually called a parasol or sunshade). In use in China for more than a thousand years, umbrellas were also held over the rulers of...
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   umbrella
   adj.: covering many things (1); general (2) Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Umbrella
   Another source of diffusing the light from a flash unit is an umbrella. The use is similar to that of a Softbox except that the diffusion ability is slightly lesser.
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   umbrella
   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 ...
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   umbrella
   adjective covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups; `an umbrella organization`; `umbrella insurance coverage`
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   umbrella
   noun a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets; `an air umbrella over England`
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   umbrella
   noun a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
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    Umbrella
    An `umbrella` or `parasol` (sometimes colloquially, `gamp`, `brolly`, or `bumbershoot`) is a canopy device designed to protect from precipitation or sunlight. The term `parasol` usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun, and `umbrella` refers to a device more suited to protect from rain. Often the difference is the material; a parasol would sometimes not be waterproof. Parasols are often meant to be fixed to one point and often u...
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    Umbrella
    • (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 bei...
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    umbrella
    a portable, hand-held device that is used for protection against rain and sunlight. The modern umbrella consists of a circular fabric or plastic ...
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    umbrella
    umbrella 1. A portable, collapsible divice for protection against the sun, rain, and snow consisting of a fabric canopy mounted on a sliding framework of ribs radiating from a central rod. 2. Something that covers or protects, as military aircraft shielding ground operations. 3. Something that encompasses or covers many different elements or groups. 4...
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    umbrella
    
    1. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
    2. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
    3. having the function of uniting a group of similar things
    
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    Umbrella
    The umbrella is a formation on the power play in which the defense and one wing stay close to the blue line and pass the puck among themselves until another attacker is open by the goal. Unnecessary roughness: Also called roughing, this is a two minute penalty that is a judgment of the referee.
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    umbrella
    umbrella, a small canopy used as a protection against the sun in China, Egypt, and elsewhere in remote antiquity. It was often an emblem of rank. During the Middle Ages the umbrella became almost extinct in Europe; its usefulness was not rediscovered until the late 16th cent., when it was introduced...
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