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UMBRA (umbrae)
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Irregular inflected form: umbrae
Dictionary entry overview: What does umbra mean?
• UMBRA (noun)
The noun UMBRA has 1 sense:
1. a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
Familiarity information: UMBRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("umbra" is a kind of...):
shadow (shade within clear boundaries)
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