Canopy Definition
kănə-pē
canopied, canopies, canopying
noun
A drapery, awning, or other rooflike covering fastened above a bed, throne, etc., or held on poles over a person or sacred thing.
Webster's New World
A structure of canvas on a framework sheltering an area or forming a sheltered walk to the entrance of a building.
Webster's New World
A protective rooflike covering, often of canvas, mounted on a frame over a walkway or door.
American Heritage
Anything that covers or seems to cover like a canopy, as the sky.
Webster's New World
A rooflike projection over a door, pulpit, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
To place or form a canopy over; cover; shelter.
Webster's New World
To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Canopy
Noun
Singular:
canopy
Plural:
canopiesOrigin of Canopy
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From Middle English canope, from Latin cōnōpēum (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeion) (konopeion)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (cf. modern French canapé).
From Wiktionary
Middle English canape from Medieval Latin canāpēum mosquito net from Latin cōnōpēum from Greek kōnōpeion bed with mosquito netting from kōnōps kōnōp- mosquito
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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