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 Definitions of canopy  [ˈkæn ə pi]  

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Definition of 'canopy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) canopy
a covering, usu. of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.

2.  canopy
a long awning stretching from the doorway of a building to a curb.

3.  canopy
an ornamental, rooflike projection or covering.

4.  canopy
the cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest.

5.  canopy
the part of a parachute that opens up and fills with air.

6.  canopy
the transparent cover over the cockpit of an airplane.

7. (v.t.) canopy
to cover with or as if with a canopy.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME

Definition of 'canopy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) canopy
the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit

2. (noun) canopy
the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air

3. (verb) canopy
a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather

4. (verb) canopy
cover with a canopy


Definition of 'canopy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) canopy
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. (noun) canopy
an ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc

3. (noun) canopy
also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc

4. (verb) canopy
to cover with, or as with, a canopy


Translation of 'canopy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a covering hung over a throne, bed etc or (on poles) as a shelter.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: troonhemel, baldakyn Arabic flag Arabic: مِظَلَّةُ القُرْبانِ المُ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: балдахин
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dossel Czech flag Czech: baldachýn German flag German: der Baldachin
Danish flag Danish: baldakin Greek flag Greek: ουρανός, θόλος (κρεβατιού Spanish flag Spanish: dosel
Estonian flag Estonian: baldahhiin Farsi flag Farsi: پوشش چتر مانند Finnish flag Finnish: katos
French flag French: dais, baldaquin Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוּפָּה Hindi flag Hindi: छत्र, चंदवा
Croatian flag Croatian: baldahin Hungarian flag Hungarian: mennyezet Indonesian flag Indonesian: atap
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tjaldhiminn; himinn yfir Italian flag Italian: baldacchino Japanese flag Japanese: 天蓋
Korean flag Korean: (왕관, 침대 ) 닫집 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: baldakimas Latvian flag Latvian: baldahīns; pārsegs
Malay flag Malay: kanopi Dutch flag Dutch: overkapping Norwegian flag Norwegian: baldakin, tronhimmel; sen
Polish flag Polish: baldachim Persian flag Persian: پوشش چتر مانند Pashto flag Pashto: چترۍ، سا يوان (مجازاه) اس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: dossel Romanian flag Romanian: baldachin Russian flag Russian: балдахин
Slovak flag Slovak: baldachýn Slovenian flag Slovenian: baldahin Serbian flag Serbian: baldahin
Swedish flag Swedish: baldakin, tron-, sänghimm Thai flag Thai: สิ่งที่ใ้คลุมเพื่อปกป้องส Turkish flag Turkish: gölgelik, tente
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (王位或床等上方的)華麗遮篷 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: балдахін; запона Urdu flag Urdu: چھپر کھٹ ، مسہری ، چتر شا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trướng; vòm Chinese flag Chinese: (宝座或床等上面的)华盖,遮篷

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