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noun
A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: bedding
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noun
Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, business, ecology, forestry, natural-sciences
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noun
In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To cover with or as if with a canopy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shelter
Narrower terms: awning, sunshade, sunblind, baldachin, marquee, marquise, porte-cochere, tester, umbrella
noun
the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
noun
the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: covering
verb
cover with a canopy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cover
History
From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Across languages
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
