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   canvas

   /ˈkanvəs/

   noun

   • 1. a strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting: "the painting is oil on canvas"
   • ▪ a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting: "they found a canvas and he seated his model"
   • ▪ an oil painting: "Turner's late canvases"
   • ▪ a variety of canvas with an open weave, used as a basis for tapestry and embroidery: "she sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas"
   • ▪ the canvas-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring: "a thunderous uppercut sent him crashing to the canvas"
   • ▪ either of a racing boat's tapering ends, originally covered with canvas.

   verb

   • 1. cover with canvas: "the door had been canvassed over"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old Northern French canevas, based on Latin cannabis ‘hemp’, from Greek.

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