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canvas
[ kan-vuhs ]
noun
- a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
- a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made.
- a painting on canvas.
- a tent, or tents collectively.
- sails collectively.
- any fabric of linen, cotton, or hemp of a coarse loose weave used as a foundation for embroidery stitches, interlining, etc.
- the floor of a boxing ring traditionally consisting of a canvas covering stretched over a mat.
- Canvas, the brand name for an open-source learning management system, launched in 2011.
canvas
/ ˈæԱə /
noun
- a heavy durable cloth made of cotton, hemp, or jute, used for sails, tents, etc
- ( as modifier )
a canvas bag
- a piece of canvas or a similar material on which a painting is done, usually in oils
- a painting on this material, esp in oils
- a tent or tents collectively
- nautical any cloth of which sails are made
- nautical the sails of a vessel collectively
- any coarse loosely woven cloth on which embroidery, tapestry, etc, is done
- the canvasthe floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
- rowing the tapering covered part at either end of a racing boat, sometimes referred to as a unit of length
to win by a canvas
- under canvas
- in tents
- nautical with sails unfurled
Other 51Թ Forms
- v· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of canvas1
Idioms and Phrases
- under canvas,
- Nautical. with set sails.
- in tents; in the field:
the troops under canvas.
Example Sentences
Portraits sell for up to £35 per canvas and have been helping to shift people's opinions of rats.
Minimalism’s allure is such that when the canvas is decluttered, you’ll be able to hear and see yourself better.
Smoking a string of cigarettes or blankly watching whatever’s on television, her face a canvas of exhaustion and depression, Janice is struggling to pick up the pieces.
Some theatermakers love actors who are like blank canvases, who can be whatever you want them to be.
Most are roughly square, five-to-six foot canvases of seemingly monochrome color.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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