awning
pronunciation
How to pronounce awning in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:nɪŋ]
How to pronounce awning in American English:
US [ˈɔːnɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
Word Origin
- awning (n.)
- 1624, origin uncertain (first recorded use is by Capt. John Smith), perhaps from Middle French auvans, plural of auvent "a sloping roof," "itself of doubtful etym[ology]" (OED). A nautical term only until sense of "cover for windows or porch" emerged 1852.
Example
- 1. Under an awning , journalists from the communist party 's newspaper , the people 's daily , feed live video of the event onto their website .
- 2. To get an interesting angle , I went under the glass awning and shot upward .
- 3. My girlfriend has a blue awning on her house .
- 4. Judith ducked under a shop awning to get out of the rain .
- 5. It 's the red awning , and it 's a going away party .