CANOPY


Meaning of CANOPY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkænəpɪ ]

n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a covering hung or held up over a throne, bed, person, etc. b the sky. c an overhanging shelter. 2 Archit. a rooflike projection over a niche etc. 3 the uppermost layers of foliage etc. in a forest. 4 a the expanding part of a parachute. b the cover of an aircraft's cockpit. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) supply or be a canopy to. [ME f. med.L canopeum f. L conopeum f. Gk konopeion couch with mosquito-curtains f. konops gnat]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.