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Word: Canopy
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from medieval Latin canopeum ‘ceremonial canopy’, alteration of Latin conopeum ‘mosquito net over a bed’, from Greek kōnōpeion ‘couch with mosquito curtains’, from kōnōps ‘mosquito’
ˈkanəpi
an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed
Short Definition:covering
Examples:- a romantic four-poster bed complete with drapes and a canopy
- a full moon and a canopy of stars
the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage
Short Definition:tree tops
Examples:- woolly monkeys spend hours every day sitting high in the canopy
Word: Canopy
Speech Type: Verb
ˈkanəpi
cover or provide with a canopy
Short Definition:cover
Examples:- the river was canopied by overhanging trees
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