umbrella-like
- a word derived from umbrella.
Example Sentences
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The linen closet did not hold nearly enough sheets to blunt the vengeance of a late-May freeze that turned umbrella-like Astilboides leaves into alien life-forms.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023
The team synthesized concave, umbrella-like metal complexes that could shield the rotor molecule from unwanted interactions with other molecules in the crystal.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
The original scientific goal — seeing wavelengths of light shifted into the infrared portion of the spectrum by the expansion of space — drove the unique design, including the umbrella-like sun shield.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2022
They were everywhere, and the 20-year-old took particular joy in the multiformity of mushrooms: small and button-shaped; tall and umbrella-like; bulging, with crimson red caps topped with white flakes.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021
These sun-shields are umbrella-like affairs made of thin strips of bamboo and broad leaves; they are without handles, and for protection against the sun or rain are balanced on the head like an inverted sieve.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
