Dictionary Definition
canopy
Noun
1 the transparent covering of an aircraft
cockpit
2 the umbrella-like part of a parachute that
fills with air
3 a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a
roof to shelter an area from the weather v : cover with a canopy
[also: canopied]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From Canopus, an Egyptian city known for its luxuries.Pronunciation
- /ˈkænəpi/ /"k
Extensive Definition
Canopy may refer
to:
- Canopy (building), an overhead roof or structure that provides shade or other shelter
- Baldachin, a cloth or permanent architectural feature that hangs over an altar or throne as a symbol of authority
- Umbraculum or Ombrellino, a canopy awarded by the pope to basilicas
- Canopy (forest), the habitat found at the uppermost level of a mature forest
- Canopy (wireless), wireless broadband solutions from Motorola
- Aircraft canopy, the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of an aircraft
- Canopy (Parachute), Reference to The cloth and suspension line portion of a parachute rather than the whole parachute system
- Canopy Group, a U.S. investment firm
- Honda Canopy, a three-wheeled automobile from Honda
- Vapor canopy is a creationist idea which states that the earth was surrounded by a "canopy" of water
- The Chuppah, the canopy used in Jewish wedding ceremonies
canopy in Japanese:
キャノピー
canopy in Polish:
Czasza
canopy in Portuguese: Canopy
(desambiguação)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Caelus, air, altar carpet, altar cloth,
antimacassar, apply
to, awning, azure, baldacchino, baldachin, belvedere, blanket, blind, block, blue sky, caelum, canopy of heaven,
centerpiece,
cerecloth, cerement, cerulean, chrismal, ciborium, cloak, cloth, clothe, cloud, cope, corporal, cover, cover up, cowl, cozy, curtain, doily, dossal, eclipse, empyrean, ether, fanon, film, fingerstall, firmament, gazebo, hat, heaven, heavens, hood, housing, hyaline, jalousie, lamp shade, lay on,
lay over, lift, lifts, mantle, marquee, marquise, mask, muffle, obduce, obscure, occult, overlay, overspread, pall, parasol, pavilion, pith helmet, pledget, purdah, put on, roof, scarf, screen, scum, shade, shade tree, sheet, shield, shroud, shutter, sky, smoke screen, spread over,
starry heaven, summerhouse, sun hat, sun
helmet, sunbonnet,
sunshade, superimpose, superpose, tablecloth, tarpaulin, tent, tester, the blue, the blue
serene, tidy, topee, umbrella, vault, vault of heaven, veil, veiling, venetian blind,
visor, welkin, window curtain, window
screen, window shade