2syllables
canvas
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Definitions ofcanvas
1noun
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
- A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
- A basis for creative work.
Example: "The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies."
- A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- Sails in general.
- A tent.
Example: "He spent the night under canvas."
- A painting, or a picture on canvas.
- 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.
- Alternative spelling of canvass.
1verb
- To cover an area or object with canvas.
- Alternative spelling of canvass.
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