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• canvas — [kan′vəs] n. [ME & OFr canevas < It canavaccio < VL * cannapaceum, hempen cloth < L cannabis, HEMP] 1. a closely woven, coarse cloth of hemp, cotton, or linen, often unbleached, used for tents, sails, etc. 2. a sail or set of sails 3. a) …   English World dictionary

• Canvas — 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. [1913 Webster] By glimmering lanes and walls… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• canvas — ► NOUN (pl. canvases or canvasses) 1) a strong, coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents, etc. 2) a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting. 3) (the canvas) the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring, having a… …   English terms dictionary

• canvas — canvaslike, adj. /kan veuhs/, n. 1. a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc. 2. a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made. 3. a painting on canvas. 4. a tent, or tents collectively …   Universalium

• canvas — noun (plural canvases or canvasses) 1》 a strong, coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents, etc. and as a surface for oil painting.     ↘a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting.     ↘(the canvas) the floor of …   English new terms dictionary

• canvas — n. & v. n. 1 a a strong coarse kind of cloth made from hemp or flax or other coarse yarn and used for sails and tents etc. and as a surface for oil painting. b a piece of this. 2 a painting on canvas, esp. in oils. 3 an open kind of canvas used… …   Useful english dictionary

• canvas — /ˈkænvəs / (say kanvuhs) noun 1. a closely woven, heavy cloth of hemp, flax, or cotton, used for tents, sails, etc. 2. a piece of this material on which an oil painting is made. 3. an oil painting on canvas. 4. a tent, or tents collectively:… …  

• canvas — I. noun also canvass Etymology: Middle English canevas, from Anglo French canevas, chanevaz, from Vulgar Latin *cannabaceus hempen, from Latin cannabis hemp more at cannabis Date: 13th century 1. a firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• canvas — can•vas [[t]ˈkæn vəs[/t]] n. 1) tex a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used esp. for tents, sails, etc 2) a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made 3) a painting on canvas 4) a tent, or tents… …   From formal English to slang

• canvas — [[t]kæ̱nvəs[/t]] canvases 1) N UNCOUNT Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags. ...a canvas bag. 2) N VAR A canvas is a piece of canvas or similar material on which an oil painting can be done …   English dictionary

• canvas */ — UK [ˈkænvəs] / US noun Word forms canvas : singular canvas plural canvases 1) [uncountable] strong heavy cotton cloth used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2) a) [uncountable] art canvas or other cloth on which artists paint with oil paints b)… …   English dictionary