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UMBRELLA-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does umbrella-shaped mean?
• UMBRELLA-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective UMBRELLA-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. shaped in the form of an umbrella
Familiarity information: UMBRELLA-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped in the form of an umbrella
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Context examples
Instead, Mars has umbrella-shaped magnetic fields that sprout out of the ground like mushrooms, here and there, but mainly in the southern hemisphere.
(Auroras on Mars, NASA)
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