umbrella
/ʌmˈbrɛlə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʌmˈbrɛlə/
ʌmˈbrɛlə
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ʌm - ˈbrɛlə -> umbrella
Myanmar meaning
(n) ထီး။ ကျောက်ထီး၊ ဘုန်းရိပ်၊ အရိပ်စသည် အရိပ်အာဝါသ။ အရိပ်။ ပေါင်းရုံးထားခြင်း။
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၁။ ထီး။ a rolled/ furled umbrella ❍ put up an umbrella. Compare PARASOL, SUNSHADE
၂။ [ဥ] ကျောက်ထီး၊ ဘုန်းရိပ်၊ အရိပ်စသည် အရိပ်အာဝါသ။ အရိပ်။ (fig ) sheltering under the American nuclear umbrella ❍ Police operated under the umbrella of the security forces.
၃။ [ဥ] ပေါင်းရုံးထားခြင်း။ an umbrella organization/ group ❍ "Ball games" is an umbrella term for a variety of different sports.
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sunshade, sun umbrella, across the board, aegis, all around, all the options, all together, all-embracing, auspices, authority, backing, ball-of-wax, brolly, bumbershoot, canopy, catchall, coast-to-coast, comprehensive, gamp, guard, in depth, in toto, inclusive, lock stock and barrel, long term, long-range, long-term, of great scope, overall, oversight, parapluie, parasol, patronage, protect, protection, protective gadget, screen, shade, shelter, sponsorship, supervision, support, synoptic, the big picture, the whole shebang, the works, wall to wall, wall-to-wall, whole shebang, without exception
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