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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

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

One teenager ran green and yellow fabric through a sewing machine as he sat beneath a beach umbrella bearing a picture of Angola’s president, João Lourenço.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 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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