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# canopy

noun (a canopy, canopies)

«canopy» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a forest the canopy is the top layer of leaves and branches that covers the forest like a roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#m1)
2. A canopy is a cloth or roof held up over something, like a bed, a stall or a doorway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#m2)
3. A canopy is the clear cover over a plane's cockpit or the cloth of a parachute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons the rainforest has layers: emergent layer, canopy, understorey and forest floor; most animals live in the canopy. In everyday life a canopy keeps sun and rain off a market stall or a pram.

### Examples

- Monkeys live high up in the rainforest canopy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x1)
- The canopy blocks most sunlight from the forest floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x2)
- We sat under a canopy at the outdoor café. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x3)
- The princess slept in a bed with a canopy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x4)
- The pilot opened the cockpit canopy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x5)
- The thick canopy kept us dry in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x6)
- Over it hung a canopy of rose-colored spider's webs, spotted with the prettiest little green flies, which sparkled like precious stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/#x7)

### Note

Plural: canopies (y → ies). Stress on the first part: CAN-o-py. The canopy layer is below the emergent layer and above the understorey.

## In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah the canopy is a covering of God's presence, like a shelter spread over the people.

**Interpretation.** Tradition links this canopy to the cloud and fire in the wilderness. It reads it as God's promise to shelter Zion in the days to come, as a wedding canopy shelters bride and groom.

### Examples

- And the LORD will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy. (Prophets ISA.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canopy/#x1)

### Note

Plural: canopies (y → ies). Stress on the first part: CAN-o-py. The canopy layer is below the emergent layer and above the understorey.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «canopy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canopy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«canopy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/canopy.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «canopy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canopy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«canopy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/canopy.html) on Mova free.