canopy

About 2.96 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
2. noun Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. noun The portion of a plant community (e.g., forest, scrub, or crop) formed by plant crowns.
4. noun The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
5. noun In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
6. noun In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
7. verb To cover with or as if with a canopy.
8. verb To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

Similar words

awning tester tent cover roof skylight scaffolding lynchpin vault cornerstone

Often followed by

of and over is was in to cover above

Word family

canopied canopies canopying