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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"

    verb

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

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  2. CANVAS definition: 1. strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong clothes, etc. 2. a piece of this…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of CANVAS is a firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp, or cotton used for clothing and formerly much used for tents and sails. How to use canvas in a sentence.

  4. CANVAS meaning: 1. strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong clothes, etc. 2. a piece of this…. Learn more.

  5. Canvas definition: a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.. See examples of CANVAS used in a sentence.

  6. 1. A heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax, traditionally used for tents and sails. 2. a. A piece of such fabric on which a painting, especially an oil painting, is executed. b. A painting executed on such fabric. 3. A fabric of coarse open weave, used as a foundation for needlework. 4.

  7. Definition of canvas noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags. ...a canvas bag. 2. variable noun. A canvas is a piece of canvas or similar material on which an oil painting can be done. 3. countable noun. A canvas is a painting that has been done on canvas.

  9. Canvas is a heavy, coarse fabric artists paint on. It's also used to make sails, shoes, tents, or comfy director's chairs. It's a full-service fabric! The noun canvas comes from the Latin cannabis by way of the Greek kannabis, meaning “hemp," which it was originally made of.

  10. CANVAS definition: 1. strong cloth used for making sails, tents, etc 2. a piece of canvas used for a painting. Learn more.

  11. Canvas definition: A heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax, traditionally used for tents and sails.