CANOPY

[noun] [C] - a cover or type of roof for shelter or decoration, or the branches and leaves that spread out at the top of a group of trees forming a type of roofThe canopy of a tropical rain forest is home to many thousands of species of animals.(figurative) The sun was like a lamp hanging from the canopy of the sky.A canopy over a bed or outside a shop or restaurant is a piece of cloth, plastic or other material which is supported above or in front of it for decoration or shelter.The Queen's four poster bed had a golden canopy.We sat drinking our coffee under the canopy, grateful for the shade.In a military aircraft, the canopy is a transparent part which covers the place where the people flying the aircraft sit.A canopy is also the large circular piece of cloth that is the main part of a parachute.