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beach umbrella

American  

noun

  1. a large umbrella used to provide shade on sunny beaches, lawns, etc.


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The San Francisco couple happily set up folding chairs and anchored a beach umbrella into place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

The young woman stares at a charred beach umbrella lying in the sand and sighs.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023

That’s because unless your favorite stretch of shoreline remains wind-free at all times, the archetypal beach umbrella can uproot itself and blow away.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023

He was a perfectionist, sure his method of taping a package or setting up a beach umbrella was the only way that made sense.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2022

A beach umbrella is lifted out of the sand and tumbles down the beach.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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