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beach umbrella

American  

noun

  • beach umbrellas
    plural
  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

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

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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