PARASOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parasol mean? 

• PARASOL (noun)
  The noun PARASOL has 1 sense:

1. a handheld collapsible source of shade

  Familiarity information: PARASOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARASOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A handheld collapsible source of shade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

parasol; sunshade

Hypernyms ("parasol" is a kind of...):

shade (protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight)

 Context examples 

Elizabeth obeyed, and running into her own room for her parasol, attended her noble guest downstairs.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

When Steerforth, in white trousers, carried her parasol for her, I felt proud to know him; and believed that she could not choose but adore him with all her heart.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He didn't hear me call, nor see me flap my parasol in front, and there we were, quite helpless, rattling away, and whirling around corners at a breakneck pace.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They looked just the same: both well-dressed, with veils and parasols like other girls; but I afterwards found that I had been giving all my attention to the youngest, who was not out, and had most excessively offended the eldest.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"Capital boys, aren't they? I feel quite young and brisk again after that." said Jo, strolling along with her hands behind her, partly from habit, partly to conceal the bespattered parasol.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Lead him off! and I saw, from behind my aunt, a sort of hurried battle-piece, in which the donkey stood resisting everybody, with all his four legs planted different ways, while Janet tried to pull him round by the bridle, Mr. Murdstone tried to lead him on, Miss Murdstone struck at Janet with a parasol, and several boys, who had come to see the engagement, shouted vigorously.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Those to her mother contained little else than that they were just returned from the library, where such and such officers had attended them, and where she had seen such beautiful ornaments as made her quite wild; that she had a new gown, or a new parasol, which she would have described more fully, but was obliged to leave off in a violent hurry, as Mrs. Forster called her, and they were going off to the camp; and from her correspondence with her sister, there was still less to be learnt—for her letters to Kitty, though rather longer, were much too full of lines under the words to be made public.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Where now? asked Laurie, leaning back and folding his arms, a proceeding which suited Amy, who preferred to drive, for her parasol whip and blue reins over the white ponies' backs afforded her infinite satisfaction.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There was a table, and a Dutch clock, and a chest of drawers, and on the chest of drawers there was a tea-tray with a painting on it of a lady with a parasol, taking a walk with a military-looking child who was trundling a hoop.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

One small child was poking turtles with Amy's cherished parasol, a second was eating gingerbread over Jo's best bonnet, and a third playing ball with her gloves, but all were enjoying themselves, and when Jo collected her damaged property to go, her escort accompanied her, begging her to come again, It was such fun to hear about Laurie's larks.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)