canvas (noun)
1canvas — ► NOUN (pl. canvases or canvasses) 1) a strong, coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents, etc. 2) a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting. 3) (the canvas) the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring, having a… …
2canvas — noun (plural canvases or canvasses) 1》 a strong, coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents, etc. and as a surface for oil painting. ↘a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting. ↘(the canvas) the floor of …
3canvas — 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’ …
4canvas — noun 1 (U) strong cloth used to make bags, tents, shoes etc 2 (C) a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of cloth it is painted on 3 under canvas BrE in a tent: We spent the night under canvas …
5canvas tent — noun a tent made of canvas fabric • Syn: ↑canvas, ↑canvass • Hypernyms: ↑tent, ↑collapsible shelter • Hyponyms: ↑circus tent, ↑big top, ↑ …
6canvas board — noun 1. : a board having a textured surface often stamped or molded in imitation of canvas to receive an artist s painting 2. : canvas panel …
7canvas work — noun : embroidery worked usually in cross stitch or tent stitch on canvas or by the aid of canvas compare petit point …
8canvas — noun Canvas is used before these nouns: ↑bag, ↑sail, ↑sheet, ↑shoe, ↑sneaker, ↑tent …
9canvas panel — noun : a surface composed of canvas mounted on stiff board and prepared to receive an artist s painting …
10canvas shoe — noun : a light shoe with a canvas upper and a rubber, leather, or fiber shoe : tennis shoe …
