canopy

Meaning

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.

awning

bed curtains

leaf canopy

grow over

thatched roof

priestly minstrel’s reed hood

canopy layer

tree canopy

appentice

canopy cover

crown canopy

crown cover

forest canopy

tree cover

mound over

porte-cochere

cloth of estate

weather shed

spray hood

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæ.nə.pi/

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.

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