English Explanatory Dictionary

canopy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
  2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
verb
  1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
  2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæ.nə.pi/ en-us-canopy.ogg

Word forms

canopy canopies canopying canopied

Etymology

From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.

Related words

canopied canopy bed

Derived words

canopyless canopylike canopy piloting canopy shyness intercanopy intracanopy mid-canopy overcanopy pram canopy subcanopy supercanopy undercanopy
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