canvas

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Synonyms: canvass, cannas, canoas, canas, cavas, canlas

Antonyms: canvass, cannas, canoas, canas, cavas, canlas

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Noun

1. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for paintings.
2. A piece of such cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint an artwork.
   • She is painting a moonlight scene on the canvas.
3. A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
4. A basis for creative work.
   • The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies
5. A region on which graphics can be rendered.
6. Sails in general.
7. A tent.
   • He spent the night under canvas.
8. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
9. Athletic shoes.

Verb

1. To cover (an area or object) with canvas.

Verb

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Noun

1. Obsolete spelling of canvass.

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