canopy
Other forms: canopies; canopied; canopying
A canopy is a roof-like covering for a bed, made of fabric. A lot of little girls dream of having a four-poster bed with a ruffled canopy.
Any fabric cover that acts as a roof can be called a canopy, and so can something resembling such a covering, like a canopy of leaves created by trees. The Greek word that's at the root of canopy is konopeion, which means "Egyptian couch with mosquito curtains." The Old French conope, which evolved into today's canopy, originally meant "bed-curtain."
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a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weathertypes:baldachinornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)porte-cocherecanopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehiclestestera flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)umbrellaa lightweight handheld collapsible canopytype of:shelterprotective covering that provides protection from the weather
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the uppermost layer of branches and foliage in a forest
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the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
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the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpittype of:coveringan artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
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cover with a roof to shelter an area from the weathertype of:coverprovide with a covering or cause to be covered
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