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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

From Wirecutter: The best beach umbrella doesn’t look like an umbrella.

From New York Times May 14, 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

The sun had crept up onto the child’s face; Hatsue adjusted the beach umbrella.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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