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canopies

canopies is the plural of canopy.

canopies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of canopy.

Meaning of canopy

Noun

canopy (plural canopies)

  1. (bedding) A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
    • golden canopies and beds of state1847, John Dryden, The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, volume 1, Harper, The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius
  2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

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Phrases with canopies

Questions about canopies

What is canopies the plural of?
Canopies is the plural of canopy.

Words near canopies in the dictionary

  1. canophobia
  2. canopic
  3. canopic jar
  4. canopic jars
  5. canopied
  6. canopies
  7. Canopus
  8. Canopuses
  9. canopy
  10. canopy bed
  11. canopy beds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canopies (page history and authors); canopy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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