canopy
IPA: kˈænʌpi
noun
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
- The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
- In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
- In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
- The vault of heavens, the firmament in ancient cosmology and in later scientific theory related to the Biblical Book of Genesis.
verb
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
- (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
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Examples of "canopy" in Sentences
- The canopy hinges open to the right.
- Above the canopy is the emergent layer.
- The canopy of the pilot's cockpit opened sideways.
- The front side of the canopy depicts the Annunciation.
- It forages in the upper and middle levels of the canopy.
- He pulled the extraction handle, jettisoning the canopy.
- The preferred amount of canopy cover at the roost is unclear.
- The canopy boardwalk is the ultimate highlight of this outing.
- The amount of herbaceous vegetation is related to canopy cover.
- They prefer to roost in the middle and upper canopy strata in the full sun.