UMBRA
What does "UMBRA" mean?
The darkest, central part of a shadow, where all light from a source is blocked.
Meanings
- The fully dark core of a shadow, where the light source is completely hidden. Only observers inside the Moon's umbra see a total solar eclipse. technical
- The dark central region of a sunspot, surrounded by a lighter penumbra. Through the filter, each sunspot showed a black umbra ringed in grey. technical
Word origin
Directly from Latin 'umbra' meaning 'shade' or 'shadow'; the same root gives English 'umbrella' (a little shade) and 'umbrage'.
Remember it
UMBRA is the dark center; an UMBRELLA makes you a little patch of it on a sunny day - same Latin 'umbra', shade.
A little poem
Noon goes out like a lamp-
for two slow minutes the day
wears the moon's black coin.
haiku
Wordplay
- The umbra and the penumbra had an argument; the umbra refused to see anything in a different light.
What it teaches
Total darkness is just the one spot where nothing reaches you - step a little aside and some light always returns.
Quick facts
What does UMBRA mean?
The darkest, central part of a shadow, where all light from a source is blocked.
Is UMBRA a valid word?
Yes — UMBRA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is UMBRA?
UMBRA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does UMBRA come from?
Directly from Latin 'umbra' meaning 'shade' or 'shadow'; the same root gives English 'umbrella' (a little shade) and 'umbrage'.
What can UMBRA teach us?
Total darkness is just the one spot where nothing reaches you - step a little aside and some light always returns.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.