ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Canopy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈkæ.nə.pi/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Canopy is a noun meaning A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

Meaning

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

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.
(transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
(intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

golden canopies and beds of state

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

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

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

Related dictionary entries include awning, tester, tent, cover, roof, skylight.

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