: 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
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Additional options include air conditioning, an exterior awning and sport-specific exterior racks.
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New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026
Kuma pulled the curved awning in the hotel’s inner courtyard, for example, from the eye-catching karahafu gable roof on the front of the theater.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
Currently, faint white lines outline soccer fields, dirt lots serve as baseball diamonds and a playground sits under a green awning.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Through the wooden awning and on the other side of the door adorned with graffiti-esque splashy PBR cans, everything turns dark.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026
Kuma pulled the curved awning in the hotel’s inner courtyard, for example, from the eye-catching karahafu gable roof on the front of the theater.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
Currently, faint white lines outline soccer fields, dirt lots serve as baseball diamonds and a playground sits under a green awning.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Through the wooden awning and on the other side of the door adorned with graffiti-esque splashy PBR cans, everything turns dark.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for awning
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“Awning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awning. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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awning
noun
aw·ning
ˈȯn-iŋ 
ˈän-
: a cover (as of canvas) that shades or shelters like a roof
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