Canopy

/ˈkæ.nə.pi/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
6. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
7. (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

Example Sentences

golden canopies and beds of state

Platforms would be widened and covered by canopies with heated waiting areas for passengers.

1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366, The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]

Away before me to sweet beds of flowers: Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle […]

I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.

2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013, If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.

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• canopies
• canopying
• canopied

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