Parasol

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  parasol \par"a*sol`\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*s[o^]l`; 277), n. [F., fr. Sp.
     or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp.
     & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg.
     sol (L. sol). See {Parry}, {Solar}.]
     A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from
     the sun.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, v. t.
     To shade as with a parasol. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parasol
       n : a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: {sunshade}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parasol":
     awning, beach umbrella, blind, brolly, bumbershoot, cover, curtain,
     drape, drapery, gamp, light shield, screen, shade, shader, shadow,
     sunblind, sunshade, umbrella, veil
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Parasol
       
          Parallel Systems Object Language.
       
          An {object-oriented} language which supports network and
          parallel computing.  It has {module}s and {exception}s.
       
          ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis
          , Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].
       
          (1995-01-26)