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canvas

/ˈkæn.vəs/noun, verb2 syllables

Canvas means: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.

Synonyms for canvas4

noun, as in a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

sail, canvass, sheet

noun, as in a tent made of canvas fabric

canvas tent, canvass

noun, as in a heavy, closely woven fabric

canvass

noun, as in an oil painting on canvas fabric

canvass

noun, as in the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

canvass

noun, as in the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

canvass

What does canvas mean?7

noun

1

a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

2

a tent made of canvas fabric

3

a heavy, closely woven fabric

4

an oil painting on canvas fabric

5

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account“the crowded canvas of history”

6

the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete“the boxer picked himself up off the canvas”

verb

1

cover with canvas“She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Canvas in a sentence

  • The night was quiet, the sky a vast, starlit black canvas.Amastan
  • This world is but canvas to our imaginations.unknown
  • Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.unknown
  • I wear my emotions like colors on a canvas.Nuel
  • Groaning strangely she is hurling her overflowing passion onto the canvas!unknown
  • His eyes got stuck on the canvas on the wall.BraveSentry
  • The painter covers the canvas with a new layer.tieguy
  • This durable oak deckchair comes with a floral canvas cover.XY

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of canvas

as a noun

plural
canvases

as a verb

past tense
canvased
present participle
canvasing
third-person singular
canvases
past participle
canvased