Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!.
An umbrella is an object which you use to protect yourself from the rain or hot sun. It consists of a long stick with a folding frame covered in cloth. Harry held an umbrella over Dawn
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
A wide flaring skirt that extends outward from the body of the insulator, rather than downward to the base Insulators with umbrellas actually rest on the bottom edge of the inner skirt Umbrellas are found on many power insulators and some transposition types
Generally, anything that provides protection. (The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.)
The only long, stick-shaped object with a shaft and a handle routinely found in golf bags that is just as useless in getting the ball into the hole as a putter is
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups; "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage
Umbrella is used to refer to a system or agreement which protects a country or group of people. The major powers have chosen to act under the moral umbrella of the United Nations
A formation - resembling an open umbrella - used by a team that is on the power play to take advantage of its numerical superiority
A metal shield in the form of a frustrum of a cone, riveted to the outer casing of the smoke stack over the air casing to keep out the weather
Something that covers a wide range of concepts, ideas, purposes, etc. (The test facility was established under the umbrella of the companys quality program.)
This policy provides protection against catastrophic liability claims The policy acts as an excess coverage over your primary liability policies Its limits apply in addition to that provided by the underlying coverage
An object that, sooner or later, will be lost by the owner shortly after the rain stops
In the carillon action, a means of preventing water from seeping from the belfry onto the clavier below through the opening where the wire leads of the action descend to the keyboard A small brass sleeve (hollow cylinder) closed at the top is attached vertically to the wire and moves up and down over a stationary cylinder of smaller bore affixed to the belfry deck