'Canopy' definitions:
Definition of 'canopy'
(from WordNet)
noun
The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
noun
The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
noun
A covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
verb
Cover with a canopy
Definition of 'Canopy'
From: GCIDE
- Canopy \Can"o*py\ (k[a^]n"[-o]*p[y^]), n.; pl. Canopies (-p[i^]z). [OE. canapie, F. canap['e] sofa, OF. conop['e]e, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canop[`e] canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See Cone, and Optic.]
- 1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canopies and beds of state." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Canopy'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'canopy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- altar carpet,
- altar cloth,
- antimacassar,
- apply to,
- awning,
- azure,
- baldacchino,
- baldachin,
- belvedere,
- blanket,
- blind,
- block,
- blue sky,
- caelum,
- Caelus,
- 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