Parasol

Quick meaning: Parasol is a noun meaning A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.

Meaning

A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.

More Meanings

1. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
2. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
3. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
4. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
5. A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
6. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.

Example Sentences

[…] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.

Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]

Word Forms

• parasols
• parasoling
• parasolling
• parasoled
• parasolled

Synonyms for parasol

Depending on context, synonyms include sunshade, chatta, chatra.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sunshade, umbrella, visor, hood, en-tout-cas, sunhat.

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