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  • 1Canvas — is an extremely heavy duty plain woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other functions where sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used as a painting surface, typically stretched, and on fashion handbags and… …

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  • 2canvas — canvaslike, adj. /kan veuhs/, n. 1. a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc. 2. a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made. 3. a painting on canvas. 4. a tent, or tents collectively …

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  • 3canvas — can|vas [ˈkænvəs] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: canevas, from Latin cannabis hemp ] 1.) [U] strong cloth used to make bags, tents, shoes etc ▪ a canvas bag ↑canvas, ↑easel 2.) a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4canvas */ — UK [ˈkænvəs] / US noun Word forms canvas : singular canvas plural canvases 1) [uncountable] strong heavy cotton cloth used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2) a) [uncountable] art canvas or other cloth on which artists paint with oil paints b)… …

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  • 5canvas — can|vas [ kænvəs ] noun * 1. ) uncount strong heavy cotton cloth used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2. ) uncount canvas or other cloth on which artists paint with oil paints a ) count a picture painted with oil paints on canvas or other… …

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  • 6canvas — 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 …

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  • 7canvas — [ˈkænvəs] noun 1) [U] strong heavy cotton cloth that is used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2) [C/U] cloth on which artists paint, or a painting done on this cloth …

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  • 8Ballet shoes — Ballet shoes, or ballet slippers, are lightweight shoes designed specifically for ballet dancing. They are made from soft leather, canvas, or satin, and have flexible, thin soles. Ballet shoes are typically available in pink, black, gray, or… …

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  • 9tennis shoes — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sneakers, gym shoes, canvas shoes, tennies*, creepers*, pussyfooters*; see also shoe , sneakers …

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  • 10gym shoes — noun canvas shoes with pliable rubber soles, used especially by children Syn: plimsolls, pumps, daps …

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