Parasol

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

parasol
    n 1: a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: {parasol},
         {sunshade}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, v. t.
   To shade as with a parasol. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Parasol

   Parallel Systems Object Language.

   An {object-oriented} language which supports network and
   parallel computing.  It has {modules} and {exceptions}.

   ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis
   <[email protected]>, Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].

   (1995-01-26)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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