shade

noun/ʃeɪd/

Frequency rank: #3,424 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

An area sheltered from the sun; a degree of darkness of a color.

Illustration for the English word “shade”

Example sentence

The tree provided cool shade on a hot day.

Synonyms & related words

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