awning

awn·ing

A0553400 (ô′nĭng)n. A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.

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[Origin unknown.]

awning

(ˈɔːnɪŋ) n (Architecture) a roof of canvas or other material supported by a frame to provide protection from the weather, esp one placed over a doorway or part of a deck of a ship[C17: of uncertain origin]

awn•ing

(ˈɔ nɪŋ)

n. a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, window, deck, etc., to provide protection from the sun or rain. [1615–25; orig. uncertain] awn′inged, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

awning - a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sunsunblind, sunshadecanopy - a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather

awning

noun canopy, tester, covering, shade, sunshade, baldachin They leapt from a first-floor window on to a shop awning.

Translations

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