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SUNSHADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sunshade mean?
• SUNSHADE (noun)
The noun SUNSHADE has 2 senses:
1. a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
2. a handheld collapsible source of shade
Familiarity information: SUNSHADE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("sunshade" is a kind of...):
canopy (a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A handheld collapsible source of shade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
parasol; sunshade
Hypernyms ("sunshade" is a kind of...):
shade (protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight)
Context examples
We'll stop at Meg's, and borrow her white sunshade, and then you can have my dove-colored one.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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