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Definition: Canopy |
CanopyNoun1. The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit. 2. The umbrella-like 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. Verb1. Cover with a canopy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "canopy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Sheet metal protection attached to head of body and extending forward over truck cab to give protection from falling material. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a canopy or of being beneath one, denotes that false friends are influencing you to undesirable ways of securing gain. You will do well to protect those in your care. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | The more or less continuous cover of branches and foliage formed collectively by the crowns of adjacent trees and other woody growth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Canopy properly means a gnat curtain. Herodotus tells us (ii. 95) that the fishermen of the Nile used to lift their nets on a pole, and form thereby a rude sort of tent under which they slept securely, as gnats will not pass through the meshes of a net. Subsequently the tester of a bed was so called, and lastly the canopy borne over kings. (Greek, ?????, a gnat; ?????????, a gnat-curtain; Latin, conopeum, a gnatcurtain.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Military & Defense | That part of the parachute that opens up and is deployed to catch air, consisting usually of silk or nylon fabric. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The umbrella-like portion of the parachute, usually made of nylon, which supports the parachutist during his descent. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Science | The layer formed naturally by the leaves and branches of trees and plants. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | The portion of a parachute consisting of the surface producing aerodynamic forces and the suspension lines extended to one or more confluence points. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Fairing over flight crew or, in light planes, all occupants. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The transparent covering of cockpits. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Transparent bubble-like enclosure for the flight crew of an aircraft. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Weather | The branches and leaves of woody plants that are formed some distance above the ground. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In ecology, a canopy is the overhead shade and layers of foliage provided by trees and shrubs in forests and woodlands. A canopy may have many layers or may only be a single layer. The upper most layer in a forest is called crown canopy.
The transparent enclosure over the cockpit of an aircraft is also called canopy.
The word "canopy" comes from the Greek 'Konopeion' which means "a bed with mosquito netting".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Canopy."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Noun: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield; (defense). |
World | Heavens, sky, welkin, empyrean; starry cope, starry heaven, starry host; firmament; Midgard; supersensible regions; varuna; vault of heaven, canopy of heaven; celestial spaces. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Lyrics | Picture us on an all white canopy (Perfect Gentleman; performing artist: Wyclef Jean) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Volunteers at Indian River Lagoon. The lagoon is in the background and the image shows how the mangrove canopy is being choked out by Brazilian Pepper. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The principal investigator for this restoration project at Indian River lagoon works at cutting Brazilian Pepper out of the canopy. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Mature bottomland hardwood stand in central Mississippi (note the important bottomland hardwood structural vegetation layers from the forest floor to the canopy). Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Wiper attachment applies contact herbicide to only those weeds that grow above the soybean canopy for this northwest Iowa farmer. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Chicks under canopy heater. Credit: USDA. |  | This new nozzleless sprayer uses one-half to two-thirds less spray to achieve superior coverage and penetration of the tree canopy. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Rob Flynn.. |
 | Forest Scene: Multi Story Canopy. Credit: D. Huntington. |  | Interior of bedroom with Gothic canopy bed, chair, and doorway. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Marine boat threading rapids through huge rocks. One boat has canopy, Nicaragua. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Apotheosis of Washinggton, fresco in the canopy of the dome, Rotunda of The United States Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Meanwhile, Fantine was looking at the canopy of her bed. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Bearded workmen with pious faces were guiding a canopy out through a sidedoor, the sacristan aiding them with quiet gestures and words |
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Andy Rooney | There's an official flag code but it is routinely ignored. It is not proper to use the flag as a table cloth, not to be used as an awning or a canopy or plastered to the hood of a car. |
John McCain | Well, you've got a situation where the terrain is the most unfriendly, perhaps, of any place in the world, though you might argue that triple canopy jungle in Vietnam is just as difficult. But it is one of the most difficult. |
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| "Canopy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Canopy" is used about 506 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 506 | 11,943 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "canopy": canopy cover ♦ canopy included volume ♦ canopy interception ♦ canopy of heaven ♦ crown canopy ♦ dwell under the canopy ♦ first stage canopy ♦ forest canopy ♦ glass canopy ♦ leaf canopy ♦ tree canopy. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "canopy": canopy-smashing, canopy-trees. | |
Ending with "canopy": bubble-canopy, C-canopy, half-canopy, triple-canopy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
canopy | 3,444 | sun canopy | 67 |
bed canopy | 1,538 | king canopy | 66 |
tent canopy | 409 | canopy crib | 60 |
outdoor canopy | 372 | deck canopy | 59 |
truck canopy | 214 | bed canopy make | 55 |
portable canopy | 208 | metal canopy bed | 53 |
shade canopy | 199 | e z up canopy | 53 |
canopy bedding | 185 | tractor canopy | 51 |
car canopy | 162 | awning and canopy | 50 |
ez up canopy | 142 | door canopy | 48 |
patio canopy | 108 | screen canopy | 48 |
garden canopy | 104 | beach canopy | 47 |
pop up canopy | 103 | canopy tarp | 45 |
iron canopy bed | 81 | canopy bed frame | 45 |
caravan canopy | 77 | gazebo canopy | 45 |
canopy motorola | 77 | dining canopy | 45 |
canopy swing | 76 | canvas canopy | 45 |
boat canopy | 67 | girl canopy bed | 44 |
wood canopy bed | 67 | aquarium canopy | 44 |
instant canopy | 67 | canopy kit | 43 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "canopy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | baldakyn (baldachin). (various references) | |
Albanian | tendë (awning, Bower, canonry, hovel, marquee, pavilion, shade, summerhouse, sun blind, sunshade, tent, tilt), kupë (beaker, canakin, canikin, cannikin, canonry, cap, chalice, cornet, cup, cupping glass, goblet, heart, jorum, Mazer, mug, patella, plate, rummer, torus, tumbler, winebowl), çadër (marquee, tent, umbel, umbrella). (various references) | |
Arabic | قماش مظلة, قبة (collar, cupola, dome, marabout, roof, ruff, ruffle, tester, turtlenecked), سرادق (marquee, pavilion), السماء (blue, empyrean, firmament, sky, vault), ظلة (shade, sunblind, sunshade). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | небе (blue, heaven, heavens, sky, sphere), навес (awning, bulkhead, hovel, marquee, outbuilding, penthouse, shed, shelter, stoop, tilt), балдахин (baldachin, tester), покров (grave clothes, mantle, shroud, winding sheet), покривам с навес, покривам с балдахин. (various references) | |
Chinese | " (cover, lid, to build, top), 垂幕 , 机盖 (Canopies), 幬 (curtain), 天篷 , 帟 . (various references) | |
Czech | nebesa (heaven, heavens), klenba (arch, roof, vault, vaulting), baldachýn (baldachin). (various references) | |
Danish | canopy, vindfang (blast deflector, deflector, fly, lobley, splah plate, vestibule), skærm (screen), sikkerhedsværn (adjustable shield, cover, flap, hoe shield, open shield, rear flap, safety shield, shield), refleksvæg (blast deflector, deflector, splah plate), kronetag (canopy cover, crown canopy, crown cover, forest canopy, leaf canopy, tree canopy, tree cover), klap (adjustable shield, cover, door, flap, heart valve, hoe shield, leaf, lift-up drawer front, open shield, rear flap, safety shield, shield), halvtag (lean-to, portal frame, tractor canopy), faldskaermshylster, dæksel (adjustable shield, butter churn lid, cap, cover, dome nut, flap, hoe shield, open shield, rear flap, safety shield, shield). (various references) | |
Dutch | cabineschild (cab guard, cab protector, cab shield), cockpitkap, hemel (baldachin, heaven, sky), baldakijn, beschermingskap (adjustable shield, cover, flap, hoe shield, open shield, protective cap, rear flap, safety shield, shield), dakje (tractor canopy), draagdoek, baldakýn (baldachin), freeskap (adjustable shield, cover, flap, hoe shield, open shield, rear flap, safety shield, shield), zonneklep (eyeshade, tractor canopy), ketsplaat (blast deflector, deflector, impact plate, impact surface, splah plate), kroonsluiting (canopy cover, crown canopy, crown cover, forest canopy, leaf canopy, tree canopy, tree cover), omhulsel voor het draagscherm voor de draagdoek, scherm (curtain, screen, shelter), stuurhutkap, troonhemel (baldachin), draaghemel (baldachin). (various references) | |
Esperanto | baldakeno (baldachin). (various references) | |
Farsi | کروک اتومبیل , سایبان گذاشتن , سایبان (Bower, Hovel, Marquee, Parasol, Sunshade, Umbrella), خیمه (Hovel, Tabernacle, Tent). (various references) | |
Finnish | telttakatos (canvas cover), sängynkatos, latvuskatos (canopy cover, crown canopy, crown cover, forest canopy, leaf canopy, tree canopy, tree cover), kupu (craw, crop), kuomu (hood, top), katos (lean-to, roof, shed). (various references) | |
French | baldaquin, voilure. (various references) | |
German | Schutzdach (shelter), baldachin (baldachin, baldaquin), Thronhimmel (canopies), überdachung (roof). (various references) | |
Greek | κουβούκλιο (casing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שפריר (adornment, beauty, pavilion), חופ" (marriage ceremony, wedding), אפריון (marquee), ' ו' ת (awning, sunshade), רקיע (expanse, firmament, heaven, sky). (various references) | |
Hungarian | baldachin (baldachin, tester), ágymennyezet, védőtető (penthouse), vászontető, napellenző ponyva, mennyezet (ceiling, loft, plafond), hordozható mennyezet, füstkürtő, füsternyő, ernyő (cow, diaphragm), előtető (penthouse), ágysátor. (various references) | |
Indonesian | langit-langit (ceiling). (various references) | |
Italian | tettuccio, calotta (calotte, cap, cover, covering), baldacchino (baldachin, baldaquin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 天" (dome, priestly minstrel's reed hood). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | て"がい (beyond the heavens, distant land, dome, farthest regions, heavenly shores, horizon, priestly minstrel's reed hood, remote region, skyline). (various references) | |
Korean | 닫집 (Canopies). (various references) | |
Manx | kione-vrat, far-scaa, cur coodagh er (case, encase, wrap), coodagh mullee. (various references) | |
Norwegian | baldakin. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anopycay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pálio (baldachin, pall), dossel (baldachin, dais, dossal, tester). (various references) | |
Romanian | polog (swath, tester), boltã (alcove, arch, dome, roof, vault), baldachin (baldachin, baldaquin), acoperiş (house-top, roof), acoperi cu un baldachin. (various references) | |
Russian | балдахин (baldachin, baldaquin, valance). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | providan krov kabine, kupola padobrana, baldahin (baldachin). (various references) | |
Spanish | toldo (awning, blind, hood, sunblind, sunshade), dosel (dossal). (various references) | |
Swedish | tak (ceiling, roof, top). (various references) | |
Turkish | tente (awning, marquee, sun blind, tarp, tarpaulin, tester, tilt), saçak (chenille, eaves, entablature, falbala, falbelo, fringe, roof tree, tag, thrum, water table, whisk), paraşüt (chute, parachute), kubbe (cupola, dome, vault, vaulting), kaplamak (back, bestrew, carpet, case, clothe, coat, cover, encrust, envelop, face, fair, film, film over, fleece, hang, incrust, infest, line, overgrow, overlap, overspread, overwhelm, plate, recap, revet, sheathe, sheet, shield, smother in, smother with, suffuse, take, thread, upholster, veneer, wreathe), gölgelik (dais, penthouse, shade, shady spot, tester, umbrageous, window shade), gölgelemek (cast a cloud on smth., cast a suspicion on, cloud, embower, overshadow, put into the shades, shade, shadow), örtmek (blanket, cap, carpet, case, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, coat, conceal, condone, cope, cover, cover up, encase, enshroud, envelop, hood, incase, lap, robe, screen, shade, sheet, shield, shroud, shut, submerge, wrap), örtü (blanket, caparison, cloak, cloth, coat, cope, cover, covering, envelope, garment, hood, layout, mantle, nappe, overlay, secundine, shroud, spread, throw, veil, wrap, wrapper). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розетка люстри, тент (awning, parasol, tent, tilting), купол парашута, накривати балдахіном, навіс (awning, barrack, housing, hovel, lean to, sunshade), запона (apron), балдахін (baldachin, dais, valance). (various references) | |
Welsh | nenlen. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | konopeion. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conopeo, conopeum. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | conope. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "canopy": canopying. (additional references) | |
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"Canopy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anop, calopie, camopy, canapy, Canip, Cannop, canoep, canogy, canony, canop, canope, canopic, canoy, cantop, cenopy, Connop, conpoy, cynipid, cynops, panopy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "canopy" (pronounced ka"nupē) |
| 3 | -u p ē | chemotherapy, laparoscopy, entropy, gossipy, hydrotherapy, immunotherapy, microscopy, philanthropy, psychotherapy, recipe, spectroscopy, therapy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-p-y" | |
-1 letter: capon, cyano, yapon. | |
-2 letters: capo, cony, copy, cyan, pony. | |
-3 letters: any, can, cap, cay, con, cop, coy, nap, nay, oca, pac, pan, pay, pya, yap, yon. | |
-4 letters: an, ay, na, no, on, op, oy, pa, ya, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-p-y" | |
+1 letter: company. | |
+2 letters: syncopal. | |
+3 letters: accompany, cacophony, canopying, copayment, cyclopean, cymophane, hypomanic, occupancy, poignancy, pyromancy, sycophant, syncopate. | |
+4 letters: companying, compliancy, conspiracy, copayments, cymophanes, hypnagogic, importancy, narcolepsy, nontypical, nyctalopia, opacifying, patronymic, phonically, polyclonal, postulancy, pyromaniac, scyphozoan, sycophancy, sycophants, syncarpous, syncopated, syncopates, syncopator, synoptical. | |
+5 letters: amphictyony, amylopectin, calypsonian, campanology, complacency, compliantly, coparcenary, coplanarity, copycatting, copyreading, counterplay, dodecaphony, genotypical, granophyric, hypocentral, iconography, inculpatory, lycanthrope, lycanthropy, nonphysical, nyctalopias, palynologic, paramountcy, patronymics, perionychia, phycocyanin, plantocracy, polynuclear, polyvalence, pyromancies, pyromaniacs, scenography, scyphozoans, sycophantic, sycophantly, syncopating, syncopation, syncopative, syncopators, toponymical. | |
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