About The Word Canopy

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Canopy

Canopy Meaning & Definition
Canopy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canopy?

[n] a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
[n] the umbrella-like part of a parachute that fills with air
[n] the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
[v] cover with a canopy

Synonyms | Synonyms for Canopy:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Canopy: air | altar carpet | altar cloth | antimacassar | apply to | awning | azure | baldacchino | baldachin | belvedere | blanket | blind | block | blue sky | caelum | Caelus | canopy of heaven | centerpiece | cerecloth | cerement | cerulean | chrismal | ciborium | cloak | cloth | clothe | cloud | cope | corporal | cover | cover up | cowl | cozy | curtain | doily | dossal | eclipse | empyrean | ether | fanon | film | fingerstall | firmament | gazebo | hat | heaven | heavens | hood | housing | hyaline | jalousie | lamp shade | lay on | lay over | lift | lifts | mantle | marquee | marquise | mask | muffle | obduce | obscure | occult | overlay | overspread | pall | parasol | pavilion | pith helmet | pledget | purdah | put on | roof | scarf | screen | scum | shade | shade tree | sheet | shield | shroud | shutter | sky | smoke screen | spread over | starry heaven | summerhouse | sun hat | sun helmet | sunbonnet | sunshade | superimpose | superpose | tablecloth | tarpaulin | tent | tester | the blue | the blue serene | tidy | topee | umbrella | vault | vault of heaven | veil | veiling | venetian blind | visor | welkin | window curtain | window screen | window shade

See Also | awning | baldachin | chute | cloth | cockpit | cover | covering | fabric | marquee | marquise | material | parachute | porte-cochere | shelter | sunblind | sunshade | tester | textile | umbrella

Canopy In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"o*py\ (k[a^]n"[-o]*p[y^]), n.; pl. {Canopies} (-p[i^]z). [OE. canapie, F. canap['e] sofa, OF. conop['e]e, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canop[`e] canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See {Cone}, and {Optic}.] 1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. ``Golden canopies and beds of state.'' --Dryden. 2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
\Can"o*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canopes}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canopying}.] To cover with, or as with, a canopy. ``A bank with ivy canopied.'' --Milton.

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