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Canopy

A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.

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Awning 76% connected

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

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Baldachin 76% connected

A rich brocade; baudekin.

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Marquee 76% connected

A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.

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Marquise 76% connected

The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.

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Porte-cochere 76% connected

A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-coch…

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Sunshade 76% connected

Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.

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Tester 76% connected

A headpiece; a helmet.

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Umbrella 76% connected

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton…

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Shelter 76% connected

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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Chute 70% connected

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a whee…

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Cockpit 70% connected

A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

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Parachute 70% connected

A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.

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