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- Dictionarycanvas/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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CANVAS definition: 1. strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong clothes, etc. 2. a piece of this…. Learn more.
1. : a firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp, or cotton used for clothing and formerly much used for tents and sails. 2. a. : a piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting. an artist's canvas. also : the painting on such a surface. b. : something likened to a painter's canvas.
noun. us / ˈkæn.vəs / uk / ˈkæn.vəs / Add to word list. [ U ] strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong clothes, etc. Andy Crawford/Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages. [ C ] a piece of this cloth used by artists for painting on, usually with oil paints, or the painting itself:
1. uncountable noun B2. 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.
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.
Definition of canvas noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
CANVAS definition: 1. strong cloth used for making sails, tents, etc 2. a piece of canvas used for a painting. Learn more.
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 The noun canvas comes from the Latin cannabis by way of the Greek kannabis, meaning “hemp," which it was originally made of.
Canvas definition: A heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax, traditionally used for tents and sails.
