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Meaning of "umbo" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UMBO

From Latin: boss of a shield, projecting piece.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF UMBO

ˈʌmbəʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UMBO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Umbo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UMBO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of umbo in the English dictionary

The first definition of umbo in the dictionary is a small hump projecting from the centre of the cap in certain mushrooms. Other definition of umbo is a hooked prominence occurring at the apex of each half of the shell of a bivalve mollusc. Umbo is also the slightly convex area at the centre of the outer surface of the eardrum, where the malleus is attached on the internal surface.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UMBO

ambo · bimbo · bumbo · Colombo · combo · dumbo · flambeau · gambo · gombo · gumbo · jumbo · kimbo · limbo · mambo · nelumbo · Ovambo · rumbo · sambo · superjumbo · Tambo

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UMBO

umbilical · umbilical cord · umbilically · umbilicate · umbilication · umbilici · umbilicus · umbiliform · umble pie · umbles · umbonal · umbonate · umbonation · umbones · umbonic · umbra · umbraculate · umbraculiform · umbraculum · umbrae

WORDS THAT END LIKE UMBO

akimbo · arms akimbo · Bembo · bombo · Chrimbo · crambo · Crimbo · dimbo · himbo · Huambo · jambo · miombo · mumbo jumbo · timbo

Synonyms and antonyms of umbo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «umbo» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF UMBO

Find out the translation of umbo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of umbo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «umbo» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

壳顶
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

umbo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

umbo
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

umbo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بجرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Макушка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

umbo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্গতাংশ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

umbo
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Umbo
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Umbo
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

突起物
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

umbo
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Umbo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Umbo
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

umbo
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ओम्बो
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

umbo
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

umbone
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

UMBO
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

маківка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

umbo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

umbo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

umbo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Umbo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

umbo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of umbo

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UMBO»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of umbo
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about umbo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UMBO»

Discover the use of umbo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to umbo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ophthalmology
The corneoscleral coat protects, moves, and holds the retina in the appropriate position and allows the object of regard to be focused on the center of the retina. CENTER OF THE MACULA; UMBO The fovea represents an excavation in the ...
Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, 2009
2
Popular Science
Umbo coffee table and L- shaped storage unit in rear of photo can be built as shown —or you can scramble up the pieces and rearrange them to your taste. Coffee table retails for approximately $96, storage unit for $233. Plastic pegs keep ...
3
Lasers in Otorhinolaryngology
100 1 E 10, 0.1 Umbo: chain intact Stapes: chain intact Umbo: IS joint glued jint glued 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 Frequency (Hz) Similar laser interferometric studies can be performed on the incudostapedial joint.
Karl Bernd Huettenbrink, 2011
4
The Grand Shell Ring: A Study of Site Seasonality, Hard Clam ...
Left Valve Right Valve umbo umbo margin margin anterior posterior posterior Left Valve Right Valve umbo umbo margin margin anterior posterior posterior Left Valve Right Valve umbo umbo margin margin anterior posterior posterior Right ...
Alexandra Parsons, 2008
5
Antarctic Cirripedia: Monographic Account Based on Specimens ...
A Annondaleum subflavurn (Annandale) Annondaleum /aponl'curn (Hoek) Annondaleum lambda (Annandale) + Annandaleum gruvell'i (Annandale) at umbo, or rarely simply bowed with umbo subapical to apical; tergum normal or forked, ...
William A. Newman, Arnold Ross, 1971
6
The World of Roman Costume
A part of the underlying cloth resting on the left side has been pulled out over the diagonal roll of folds, but the cloth for this is no longer drawn from the region of the waist (as on the traditional umbo) but has now been pulled out of the roll of ...
Judith Lynn Sebesta, Larissa Bonfante, 2001
7
A catalogue of Anglo-Saxon and other antiquities, discovered ...
1001.-70. Umbo. Iron. Boss of a wooden shield ; surmounted by a flat piece of white metal. H. 3£ in. ; W. 6£ in. "1002.-70. See Inventorium Sepulcrale, pl. xv., fig . 14, which, like this, has an iron cross- piece for fastening to the woodwork. Umbo.
Charles Roach Smith, 1873
8
The Middle Ear: Science, Otosurgery, and Technology
Figure 4.3 plots the transfer functions of the umbo velocity with respect to the ear- canal sound pressure (left column), the stapes velocity and the ear-canal sound pressure (middle column), and the corresponding stapes-to-umbo—velocity ratio  ...
Sunil Puria, Richard R. Fay, Arthur Popper, 2013
9
Geological Survey professional paper
C'Tistellaria (Cristellaria) semi-impressa Reuss (1866, pi. 3, fig. 13, Oligocene) is very similar but has all sutures tangential to the umbo and is more compressed than the present form. Robulus conxergens (Bornemann) of Bermudez ( 1 949, ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1987
10
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Description Beaks and umbo. — Beak worn or obscured on all specimens. Umbo , if not obscured by attachment scar, bears median, curved, round-topped ridge; umbo opisthogyre, moderately curved for approximately one-half whorl. Posterior  ...
‎1949

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UMBO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term umbo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ng'umbo royalists call for calm in succession row
THE Ng'umbo Royal Establishment of Samfya district in Luapula Province says it is disturbed by reports that supporters of one of the parties to the Mbulu ... «Zambia Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
What Life Is Like In Egypt's Nubian Society
In the 1960s, more than 50,000 Nubians were forced to vacate their lands and offered a place in desert settlements near Kom Umbo during the construction of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Want A Better Bike Helmet? Fort Collins' Incubators Are …
Change Composites and Umbo Helmets founder Nathan Saam at the TinkerMill in Longmont, where he developed prototypes for his bicycle helmet. «KUNC, Jul 15»
4
Piura: ordenan cárcel para sujeto que participó en asesinato de …
Romario Umbo Jiménez de 18 años, participó del asalto con subsecuente muerte del empresario cevichero José Fidencio García Pintado, y podría recibir hasta ... «RPP Noticias, Jun 15»
5
Piura: capturan a sujeto que participó de robo y asesinato de Pepes's
El presunto miembro de la banda delincuencial "Los Sanguinarios de las Monteros", Romario Jair Umbo Jimenez (a) "Loco Romario",manifestó que el autor del ... «RPP Noticias, Jun 15»
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28.05.2015 Osijek-Online 7018
DJ Umbo samouki je multi-instrumentalist (gitara, bass & klavijature). 1996.g počeo je istraživati nove muzičke pravce, pokazuje interes za elektronsku muziku te ... «Osjecke Vijesti, May 15»
7
Baby Theater: Pacifiers And Teething Toys Welcome
Teatro Al Vacio's show Umbo was written for children from six months to four years. They're the first Mexican theater company to purposely perform for the very ... «90.5 WESA, May 15»
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In her father's footsteps: PNG broadcaster on regional radio exchange
More than 30 years ago, Carol Umbo's radio announcer father visited the central west of New South Wales on an exchange between the national broadcasters ... «ABC Local, May 15»
9
Pittsburgh children's festival turns focus toward theater this year
The featured plays are “Spot” by Theater Terra in the Netherlands, “Umbo” by Teatro Al Vacio in Mexico, “Hansel and Gretel” by Nu Gruppe 38 in Denmark, “The ... «Tribune-Review, Apr 15»
10
La fibule et son « umbo »
L'élément dateur des squelettes est bel et bien la fibule retrouvée dans le sarcophage. «Clouée vraisemblablement par quatre petits clous sur une pièce de bois ... «lavenir.net, Dec 14»
REFERENCE
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