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Definition of Canopy
1. Verb. Cover with a canopy.
2. Noun. The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit.
3. Noun. The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air.
4. Noun. A covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Canopy
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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