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• Canvas — is an extremely heavy duty plain woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other functions where sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used as a painting surface, typically stretched, and on fashion handbags and… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [[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

• canvas — 1. noun /ˈkæn.vəs/ a) A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. The term canvas is very widely used, as well to denote the coarse fabrics employed for kitchen use, as for strainers,… …   Wiktionary

• canvas — can|vas [ kænvəs ] noun * 1. ) uncount strong heavy cotton cloth used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2. ) uncount canvas or other cloth on which artists paint with oil paints a ) count a picture painted with oil paints on canvas or other… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• canvas — [ˈkænvəs] noun 1) [U] strong heavy cotton cloth that is used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2) [C/U] cloth on which artists paint, or a painting done on this cloth …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Shaped canvas — Shaped canvases are paintings that depart from the normal flat, rectangular configuration. Canvases may be shaped by altering their contours, while retaining their flatness. An ancient, traditional example is the tondo , a painting on a round… …   Wikipedia

• ACD Canvas — is a technical and general graphics drawing, imaging, and publishing (print and web) product from ACD Systems for personal computers. The current version is Canvas 11.Canvas origins date back to 1987. The original idea for Canvas came from Jorge… …   Wikipedia

• Cupid Making His Arch — Artist Parmigianino Year c. 1533 1535 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 135 cm × 65.3 cm (53 in × 25.7 in) …   Wikipedia

• Medicine Under Canvas — is a book and a documentary film about the 77th Evacuation Hospital[1] during WWII. The very rare book is 200 pages long and is arguably the most detailed history of an evacuation hospital in the European and North African theatres of war. There… …   Wikipedia