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beach umbrella

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noun

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


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Hotel staff cordoned off Tysoe’s lounger, running yellow-and-black police tape from thatched beach umbrella to thatched beach umbrella.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Check the temperature of the sand and, if there's no natural shade, try to create some with a beach umbrella, sun tent or windbreak.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

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

He’s got a giant beach umbrella and a folding chair with a cup holder that always has a Big Gulp from 7-Eleven, who lets him use their bathroom.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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