Definition of awning
:a rooflike cover extending over or in front of a place (as over the deck or in front of a door or window) as a shelter
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stayed under the awning outside the shop during the rainstorm
Recent Examples of awning from the Web
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A black awning covered a seating area in the back, where a small boat, also called a dinghy, floated beside the sailboat.
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Elsewhere in the French Quarter, the canvas awnings surrounding the courtyard of the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street projected tiny crescents of light onto the tile floors.
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The campers will be neatly spaced under a yellow awning, and Ikea employees will arrange games, exercises and activities to help whittle away the time.
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An awning will only protect from the sun – not the wind.
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Employees with North American Midway Entertainment, which provides the rides, put up an awning, while food vendors cleaned windows, bagged cotton candy and polished booth exteriors.
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The 99-cent store with the bright red awning cannot compete with the cutthroat pricing or huge selection at the two Dollar Tree outposts in its poor Brooklyn neighborhood.
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A few moments before the show was to begin, a blazer-clad, bearded Jake Gyllenhaal emerged, taking a spot next to a group of friends (including model Liya Kebede), below a bright neon sign of Chinese characters and a café awning.
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A few moments before the show was to begin, a blazer-clad, bearded Jake Gyllenhaal emerged, taking a spot next to a group of friends (including model Liya Kebede), below a bright neon sign of Chinese characters and a café awning.
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