different between roof vs canopy
roof
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?f/, /??f/
- ,
- Rhymes: -?f, -u?f
Etymology 1
From Middle English rof, from Old English hr?f (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?f? (“roof”).
Noun
roof (plural roofs or rooves)
- (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
- The top external level of a building.
- The upper part of a cavity.
- (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- (climbing) An overhanging rock wall
Synonyms
- (cover at top of building): rooftop, tect (obsolete, rare), thatch
- (in a cavity): ceiling
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).
Verb
roof (third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed)
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
- To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
- (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.
Derived terms
- roofer
- unroof
Translations
Anagrams
- Foor
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *r?f, *rouf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro?f/
- Hyphenation: roof
- Rhymes: -o?f
Noun
roof m (plural roven, diminutive roofje n)
- robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Derived terms
- bankroof
- broodroof
- lijkroof
- roofdier
- roofridder
Related terms
- rover
Verb
roof
- first-person singular present indicative of roven
- imperative of roven
Middle English
Noun
roof
- Alternative form of rof
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canopy
English
Etymology
From Middle English canape, canope, from Latin c?n?p?um (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek ????????? (k?n?peîon)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (compare modern French canapé). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kæ.n?.pi/
Noun
canopy (plural canopies)
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- golden canopies and beds of state
- Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
- 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.
Descendants
- ? French: canopée (calque)
- ? Spanish: canopy
Translations
Verb
canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
- Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:
- Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 543-5,[2]
- I sat me down to watch upon a bank
- With ivy canopied, and interwove
- With flaunting honeysuckle […]
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Franklenstein, Chapter 11,[3]
- I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.
- 1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366,[4]
- The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
- (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
- 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,[5]
- If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.
- 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,[5]
See also
- canopied
- canopy bed
Spanish
Noun
canopy m (uncountable)
- (Caribbean) zipline (activity)
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