CANOPY (canopied)
Dictionary entry overview: What does canopy mean?
• CANOPY (noun)
The noun CANOPY has 3 senses:
1. the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
2. the umbrellalike 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
Familiarity information: CANOPY used as a noun is uncommon.
• CANOPY (verb)
The verb CANOPY has 1 sense:
1. cover with a canopy
Familiarity information: CANOPY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CANOPY (noun)
Meaning:
The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("canopy" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Holonyms ("canopy" is a part of...):
cockpit (compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft)
Meaning:
The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("canopy" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Holonyms ("canopy" is a part of...):
chute; parachute (rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall)
Meaning:
A covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("canopy" is a kind of...):
shelter (protective covering that provides protection from the weather)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canopy"):
awning; sunblind; sunshade (a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun)
baldachin (ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar))
marquee; marquise (permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.)
porte-cochere (canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles)
tester (a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed))
umbrella (a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy)
• CANOPY (verb)
Meaning:
Cover with a canopy
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "canopy" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
