'parasol' is an acceptable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to a type of sunshade, often used in parks or gardens. For example, "She opened the parasol and sat down on the bench in the shade."
On hot days she would rise to the surface, glowing and tantalising, with a lily-leaf shading her like a parasol.
After this, I'm going to [play] croquet in Central Park .Kathy Merletti, of Billionaires for Bush, who demonstrated in a champagne-coloured gown, lace gloves and parasol.
AT A restaurant in Dusseldorf in the 1950s Akio Morita was served with a bowl of ice-cream decorated with a miniature parasol.
In a reproduction of Georges Seurat's "Grande Jatte", the woman in the foreground holds not just a parasol but a McDonald's take-away bag.No company has so embodied the shift in America's diet as McDonald's, and no company has been more vilified by health advocates, yet until recently no fast-food company has done better.
But descriptions such as "his splayed shoes crêping along the floor, sliding across patches of lino" or "the day is an elegant parasol tasselled with clouds" stay with you long after you have read them.Mr Self's previous novels have gained him a cult readership, and can divide readers.
Conspiracy theorists now wonder if Mr Lazcano faked his own death and is living out his days under a parasol in Cancún.
Insect-fungus associations found in the tropical forests of Central and South America include the unique relationship of leafcutter ants (sometimes called parasol ants) with fungi in the family Lepiotaceae (phylum Basidiomycota).
The parasol, or umbrella, is generally a symbol of the vault of heaven, as in India and China; the domes of stupas are often surmounted by parasols (chattras).
The first three-man crew deployed an improvised "parasol" sunshade (later fortified with an overlying sun shield) to prevent serious overheating of the station during their 28-day mission and released the jammed solar array.
A branchless tree has often been transformed into a cultic object: a sacrificial post, such as the Vedic yupa; the central pole of a nomadic tent in Siberia and Central Asia, the yurt (ger), or initiation hut; or a parasol shaft (chattravali) in the Buddhist stupas (buildings) and the Japanese and Chinese pagodas.
One of the most popularly depicted figures is Padmasambhava, who introduced Buddhism to Bhutan, and another common theme in the visual arts is the group of eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism the right-coiled conch shell, the lotus flower, the eight-spoked wheel of dharma, the parasol, the endless knot, a pair of golden fishes, the victory banner, and the treasure vase.
