Definition of "awning" []

• A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck. (noun)

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• "The awning is dusty and worn and the two windows facing the street are obscured with neon beer signs."
• "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."
• "In Tehuantepec, tianguis - street markets, named for the Nahuatl word for "awning" - are held on Sundays and Wednesdays."