umbra

umbra is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.
2. noun. The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
3. noun. The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
4. noun. Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.
5. noun. a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in umbra:

burma, rumba

Common word forms

umbras

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