canopy
/ˈkæ.nə.pi/ sustantivo C1En español: dosel, palio, toldo, baldaquino
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
- The portion of a plant community (e.g., forest, scrub, or crop) formed by plant crowns.
- The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
- In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
- In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
Plural canopies
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It was ten o’clock at night; the branches of the great trees in the garden of the count’s house stood out boldly against the azure canopy of heaven, which was studded with golden stars, but where the last fleeting clouds of a vanishing storm yet lingered.
Overhead was one long canopy of snowy fragrant bloom.
She had been wondering what under the canopy she should do if Anne did not give in.
What under the canopy is the Haunted Wood?”
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