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Parasol definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAR'ASOL, n. [L. sol.] A small umbrella used by ladies to defend themselves from rain, or their faces from the sun's rays.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: parasol, sunshade]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Old Italian parasole, from parare to shield + sole sun, from Latin sol — more at parapet, solar Date: 1660 a lightweight umbrella used as a sunshade

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a light umbrella used to give shade from the sun. Etymology: F f. It. parasole (as PARA-(2), sole sun f. L sol)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parasol Par"a*sol`, n. [F., fr. Sp. or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg. sol (L. sol). See Parry, Solar.] A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parasol Par"a*sol`, v. t. To shade as with a parasol. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(parasols) A parasol is an object like an umbrella that provides shade from the sun. = sunshade N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Sunshade.

Moby Thesaurus

awning, beach umbrella, blind, brolly, bumbershoot, cover, curtain, drape, drapery, gamp, light shield, screen, shade, shader, shadow, sunblind, sunshade, umbrella, veil