Definition of Canopy

1. Noun. The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit.

Group relationships: Cockpit
Generic synonyms: Covering

2. Verb. Cover with a canopy.
Generic synonyms: Cover

3. Noun. The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air.
Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile
Group relationships: Chute, Parachute

4. Noun. A covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather.
Specialized synonyms: Awning, Sunblind, Sunshade, Baldachin, Marquee, Marquise, Porte-cochere, Tester, Umbrella
Generic synonyms: Shelter

Definition of Canopy

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To cover with, or as with, a canopy.

Definition of Canopy

1. Noun. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. ¹

2. Noun. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors. ¹

3. Noun. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest. ¹

4. Noun. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover. ¹

5. Noun. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed. ¹

6. Verb. To cover with or as if with a canopy. ¹

7. Verb. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canopy

1. to cover from above [v -PIED, -PYING, -PIES]

Medical Definition of Canopy

1. Branches and foliage of a tree above ground or water. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canopy

canonships
canoodle
canoodled
canoodler
canoodlers
canoodles
canoodling
canoodlings
canophilia
canopic
canopic jar
canopic jars
canopic vase
canopied
canopies
canopy (current term)
canopy bed
canopy beds
canopying
canopylike
canorous
canorously
canorousness
canorousnesses
canrenone
cans
cansful
canso
cansos

Literary usage of Canopy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The top story (from about 30 to 60 m or higher), equivalent to Harrison's canopy, is formed by scattered tall trees with trunks more than lm in diameter. ..."

2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"scarlet robes of state, and conducted to a rich canopy of state ... “A RICH canopy OF STATE.” — grown familiar to it in forgotten generations. ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"This canopy is beautiful, both in design and in execution, and it is the work of Quintin Matsys, a young smith from Louvain, who was held by the ironworkers ..."

4. The Court and the London Theatres During the Reign of Elizabeth by Thornton Shirley Graves (1913)
"A good deal, however, can be said for the "canopy" stage. Note in this connection: (1) The Roxana picture does not speak against it, ..."

5. Picturesque Washington: Pen and Pencil Sketches of Its Scenery, History by Joseph West Moore (1884)
"From the floor to the canopy over what is called " the eye of the dome," it is one hundred ... The canopy suspended directly overhead appears very small, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The common' design has a standing figure under a richly decorated canopy. Fig. 3 shows a very beautiful example, the seal of Richard, bishop of Durham. ..."

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