canopy [kan-uh-pee] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
canopy [kan-uh-pee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overhanging covering
Synonyms: awning, baldachin, cover, marquee, shade, sunshade, umbrella
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wrapping, cover-up
Synonyms: awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wrap, hide
Synonyms: blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil
Antonyms: lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Example Sentences
  • The tree falls exactly where he wants it to, but on the way down it rips a branch from the overhanging canopy.
  • Phytoplankton make up the chlorophyll-bearing canopy at the base of the marine food web.
  • These plants create high-rise watering holes for the animals that live in-and in some cases never leave-the canopy layer.
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Main Entry: pavilion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: domed building or tent
Synonyms: awning, canopy, cover, covering, dome, structure
Main Entry: screen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: protection used in or as furniture, motion picture display
Synonyms: awning, canopy, cloak, concealment, cover, covering, curtain, divider, envelope, guard, hedge, mantle, mask, net, partition, security, shade, shelter, shield, shroud, veil
Main Entry: shade
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blind, shield
Synonyms: awning, canopy, cover, covering, curtain, screen, veil
Main Entry: hood
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a covering for vehicles and the like
Synonyms: auto top, awning, bonnet, calash, canopy, carriage top, cover, shade
Main Entry: umbrella
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: parasol
Synonyms: brolly, bumbershoot, canopy, gamp, parapluie, sunshade
Main Entry: marquee
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: permanent canopy
Synonyms: awning, canopy, signboard, tent
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