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awning
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awn·ing  nng)
n.
A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.

[Origin unknown.]

awning [ˈɔːnɪŋ]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / 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
[of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.awningawning - a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
canopy - 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
awning [ˈɔːnɪŋ] Ntoldo m
awning [ˈɔːnɪŋ] n [tent] → auvent m; [shop] → store m; [hotel] → marquise f (de toile)
awning
n (on window, of shop) → Markise f; (on boat) → Sonnensegel nt; (of wagon) → Plane f; (= caravan awning)Vordach nt
awning [ˈɔːnɪŋ] n (of shop, hotel) → tenda, tendone m; (of tent) → veranda
awning [ˈɔːnɪŋ] n (of shop, hotel) → tenda, tendone m; (of tent) → veranda


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