awning

UK: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/ US: /ˈɔnɪŋ/ ,(ô′ning)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

awn•ing /ˈɔnɪŋ/   n. [countable]

1. a piece of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, window, etc., for protection from the weather.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

awn•ing  (ô′ning), n. 

1. a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun.
2. a shelter.

• origin, originally uncertain 1615–25

awn′inged, adj. 

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awning / ˈɔːnɪŋ/ noun

1. 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

Etymology: 17th Century: of uncertain origin