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Canopy

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"opy\ (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.

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:

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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