Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A movable roof-like covering of canvas or other cloth spread over any place, or in front of a window, door, etc., as a protection from the sun's rays.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
- noun (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rooflike cover , usually ofcanvas , extended over or before any place as ashelter from the sun, rain, or wind. - noun nautical That part of the
poop deck which is continued forward beyond thebulkhead of thecabin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The awning is dusty and worn and the two windows facing the street are obscured with neon beer signs.
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And that reminds me that the decorum of sea-bathing in the 'fifties was promoted by the apparatus known as the awning, attached to bathing machines.
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921
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In Tehuantepec, tianguis - street markets, named for the Nahuatl word for "awning" - are held on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Tehuana Mamas Cook Up Magic: Food and Fiestas in the Isthmus 2006
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In Tehuantepec, tianguis - street markets, named for the Nahuatl word for "awning" - are held on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Tehuana Mamas Cook Up Magic: Food and Fiestas in the Isthmus 2006
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The awning is a new addition, a nod to the changing demographic of the nabe.
A Good Sign: Montero's Brooks of Sheffield 2007
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The awning is a new addition, a nod to the changing demographic of the nabe.
Archive 2007-01-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007
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Beneath the awning was a yellow wooden door with no knob, just a covered steel slot at eye level.
Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004
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Next to the van beneath the awning was a mass of machinery, man-high wheels and pulleys and a clattering steam engine, and Cicero saw that it was drawing in the upper pair of cables, and paying out the lower.
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For the last, he vividly tells us, Wee did hang an awning, which is an old saile, to three or foure trees to shadow us from the Sunne; our walls were railes of wood; our seates unhewed trees till we cut plankes; our Pulpit a bar of wood nailed to two neighbouring trees.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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For the last, he vividly tells us, Wee did hang an awning, which is an old saile, to three or foure trees to shadow us from the Sunne; our walls were railes of wood; our seates unhewed trees till we cut plankes; our Pulpit a bar of wood nailed to two neighbouring trees.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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