canvas (noun)

  • 31round top — noun a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent they had the big top up in less than an hour • Syn: ↑circus tent, ↑big top, ↑top • Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑ …

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  • 32Sibley tent — noun a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top • Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑canvas, ↑canvass * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after Henry Hopkins Sibley died 1886 : a light tent of conical shape… …

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  • 33tent stitch — noun a small diagonal needlepoint stitch • Syn: ↑petit point • Hypernyms: ↑sewing stitch, ↑embroidery stitch * * * noun : a short stitch slanting to the right that is used in embroidery and canvas work to form even lines of solid background… …

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  • 34flight bag — noun 1. : a traveling bag usually with zippered outside compartments for use especially in air travel ; especially : one that fits under an airplane seat 2. : a small thin lightweight canvas satchel decorated with the name of an airline * * * a… …

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  • 35canvass — canvas, canvass 1. Canvas with one s means ‘coarse cloth’. The plural is canvases and as a verb (‘to cover or line with canvas’) it has inflected forms canvasses, canvassed, canvassing. 2. Canvass with two s s is a verb meaning ‘to solicit votes’ …

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  • 36circus tent — noun a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent they had the big top up in less than an hour • Syn: ↑big top, ↑round top, ↑top • Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑ …

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  • 37collapsible shelter — noun a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) he pitched his tent near the creek • Syn: ↑tent • Derivationally related forms: ↑tent (for: ↑tent) …

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  • 38field tent — noun a canvas tent for use in the field • Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑canvas, ↑canvass …

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  • 39camp chair — noun a light folding chair • Hypernyms: ↑folding chair * * * noun : a light folding chair * * * a light folding chair, usually with a canvas seat and back. [1880 85] * * * camp chair, a lightweight folding chair, often of canvas …

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  • 40chafing gear — noun covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction • Hypernyms: ↑covering * * * noun : a usually rope or canvas covering placed on a line or spar to protect it from chafe …

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