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# brolly

noun (a brolly, brollies), informal

«brolly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(UK, Australia, NZ, informal) An umbrella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/#m1)

### In the lessons

Common in British and Australian everyday talk: «Take your brolly, it's going to rain!» Short for umbrella.

### Examples

- Don't forget your brolly! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/#x1)
- My brolly blew inside out in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/#x2)
- Gran never leaves home without a brolly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/#x3)
- Can I share your brolly? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/#x4)
- I left my brolly on the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/#x5)

### Note

Plural: brollies. Informal; in formal writing use «umbrella». Not used much in the US.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brolly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brolly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brolly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brolly.html) on Mova free.