beach umbrella

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Françoise Gilot, who died last year at 101, first became renowned for her 1964 memoir “Life with Picasso,” which chronicled her decade-long affair with the older artist; a famous 1948 Robert Capa photograph of Picasso holding a beach umbrella over her as they walked on the sand added to the legend.

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My arguments on vacation have always been dreary — disagreements with my mom on how far to walk before setting up a beach umbrella, squabbles with friends over where to eat — but other people’s vacation arguments are sinister and seductive.

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An 11-year-old girl sits under a beach umbrella in red lipstick and a polka dot bathing suit.

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