umbrella

umbrella is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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 and closed with ease. See Parasol. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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 and closed with ease. See Parasol.
2. noun. The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
3. noun. Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
4. noun. having the function of uniting a group of similar things

   "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"

   "under the umbrella of capitalism"

5. noun. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

   "an air umbrella over England"

6. noun. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
7. adjective. covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups

   "an umbrella organization"

   "umbrella insurance coverage"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in umbrella:

umbellar

Common word forms

umbrellas, umbrellaed, umbrellaing, umbrellaless

Words from these letters

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