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Canvas

Canvas Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Canvas? [n] heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) [n] the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" [n] an oil painting on canvas [n] a tent made of canvas [n] a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel [n] the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" [v] get the opinions of people, for example [v] solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign Synonyms \| Synonyms for Canvas: canvas tent \| canvass \| canvass \| canvass \| poll \| sail \| sheet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Canvas: agora \| air brush \| amphitheater \| aquarelle \| arena \| art paper \| athletic field \| auditorium \| background \| bear garden \| big top \| boltrope \| bowl \| boxing ring \| brush \| bull ring \| camera lucida \| camera obscura \| campus \| chalk \| charcoal \| circus \| clew \| cloth \| cockpit \| coliseum \| colosseum \| course \| crayon \| cringle \| crowd of sail \| drawing paper \| drawing pencil \| drier \| earing \| easel \| easel-picture \| field \| finger painting \| fixative \| floor \| foot \| fore-and-aft sail \| forum \| gouache \| ground \| gym \| gymnasium \| hall \| head \| hippodrome \| lay figure \| leech \| lists \| locale \| luff \| marketplace \| mat \| maulstick \| medium \| milieu \| muslin \| oil \| oil painting \| open forum \| paint \| paintbrush \| painting \| palaestra \| palette \| palette knife \| parade ground \| pastel \| pencil \| pigments \| pit \| place \| plain sail \| platform \| precinct \| press of sail \| prize ring \| public square \| purlieu \| rag \| range \| reduced sail \| reef point \| reefed sail \| ring \| round top \| sail \| scene \| scene of action \| scenery \| scratchboard \| setting \| siccative \| site \| sketchbook \| sketchpad \| spatula \| sphere \| spray gun \| square sail \| squared circle \| stadium \| stage \| stage set \| stage setting \| stump \| tempera \| tent \| tentage \| terrain \| theater \| tilting ground \| tiltyard \| top \| varnish \| walk \| wash \| wash drawing \| water \| whitetop \| wrestling ring See Also \| background \| balloon sail \| beg \| big top \| circularise \| circularize \| circus tent \| cloth \| collapsible shelter \| crossjack \| fabric \| field tent \| fore-and-aft sail \| foresail \| gym mat \| headsail \| hemp \| mainsail \| main-topsail \| mat \| material \| mizzen course \| oil painting \| piece of cloth \| piece of material \| press of canvas \| press of sail \| ring \| round top \| royal \| sailing ship \| sailing vessel \| save-all \| scope \| setting \| Sibley tent \| skysail \| solicit \| square sail \| survey \| tap \| tarp \| tarpaulin \| tent \| textile \| top \| topgallant \| topgallant sail \| topsail \| wall tent Canvas In Webster's Dictionary \Can"vas\, n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. ?. See {Hemp}.] 1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. --Tennyson. 2. (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. --J. H. Newman. 3. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. --Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. --Macaulay. 4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. --Grabb. \Can"vas\, a. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.

Canvas Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canvas?

[n] heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
[n] the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
[n] an oil painting on canvas
[n] a tent made of canvas
[n] a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
[n] the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
[v] get the opinions of people, for example
[v] solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

Canvas In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"vas\, n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL.
canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. ?.
See {Hemp}.]
1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for
   tents, sails, etc.

         By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led.
                                               --Tennyson.

2.
   (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for
       working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted
       work.
   (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been
       prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in
       oil.

             History . . . does not bring out clearly upon
             the canvas the details which were familiar. --J.
                                               H. Newman.

3. Something for which canvas is used:
   (a) A sail, or a collection of sails.
   (b) A tent, or a collection of tents.
   (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas.

             To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see.
                                               --Goldsmith.

             Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of
             Claude.                           --Macaulay.

4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary
   or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the
   measure of the verses he is to make. --Grabb.


\Can"vas\, a.
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse
cloth; as, a canvas tent.

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