canopy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English canope, from Latin cōnōpēum (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (compare modern French canapé).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
canopy (plural canopies)
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- Dryden
- golden canopies and beds of state
- Dryden
- Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
- The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
- In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
- In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
Translations[edit]
high cover
overhanging or projecting roof structure
highest foliage and branches of a forest
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transparent cockpit cover
parachute cloth
Verb[edit]
canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)
- To cover with or as if with a canopy.
- Milton
- A bank with ivy canopied.
- Milton
- To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
See also[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
canopy m (uncountable)
- (Caribbean) zipline (activity)
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