parasol
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/(UK)
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/ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/(UK) · /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/(US)
Definition of parasol
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
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noun
- A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
- A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
- A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
- A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
- Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
- A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
verb
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(transitive)To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
“Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]”
“[…] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”).
Words you can make from parasol
92 playable · top: PAROLS (8 pts)
Best play parols 8 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
33 words- ALPS 6 pts
- APOS 6 pts
- LAPS 6 pts
- LARP 6 pts
- LOPS 6 pts
- OPAL 6 pts
- OPAS 6 pts
- PALS 6 pts
- PARA 6 pts
- PARS 6 pts
- POLS 6 pts
- PRAO 6 pts
- PROA 6 pts
- PROS 6 pts
- RAPS 6 pts
- RASP 6 pts
- SALP 6 pts
- SLAP 6 pts
- SLOP 6 pts
- SOAP 6 pts
- SPAR 6 pts
- AALS 4 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ALAS 4 pts
- ALSO 4 pts
- AROS 4 pts
- LARS 4 pts
- OARS 4 pts
- ORAL 4 pts
- OSAR 4 pts
- SOAR 4 pts
- SOLA 4 pts
- SORA 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- ALP 5 pts
- APO 5 pts
- ASP 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PAS 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- SAP 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
- SPA 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- AAS 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
2-letter words
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