canopy

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkæ.nə.pi/

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Noun

Singular canopy

Plural canopies

1. A canopy is a high cover providing shelter above an object.
2. A canopy is an overhanging roof structure.
3. The forest canopy is the highest foliage and branches.
4. An airplane canopy is its transparent cockpit cover.
5. A canopy of a parachute is the cloth that fills with air.

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  A canopy bed (1)
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  Platform canopies at Clapham Junction station, London (2)
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  Canopy walkway in Rwanda (3).
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  Aircraft canopy
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  Parachute canopy (5)

Verb

Plain form canopy

Third-person singular canopies

Past tense canopied

Past participle canopied

Present participle canopying

1. If you canopy something, you cover or provide something with a canopy.