parasol, sunshade
(noun) a handheld collapsible source of shade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parasol (plural parasols)
A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
(architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
• (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella, beach umbrella
parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasolling or parasoling, simple past and past participle parasolled or parasoled)
(transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"a*sol`, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
Par"a*sol`, v. t.
Definition: To shade as with a parasol. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
