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View usage for: (kænvəs) Word forms: plural canvases1. uncountable nounCanvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags. ...a canvas bag. 2. variable nounA canvas is a piece of canvas or similar material on which an oil painting can be done. 3. countable nounA canvas is a painting that has been done on canvas. The show includes canvases by masters like Carpaccio, Canaletto and Guardi. [+ by] canvas in British English (ˈkænvəs) noun1. a. a heavy durable cloth made of cotton, hemp, or jute, used for sails, tents, etc b. (as modifier) a canvas bag 2. a. a piece of canvas or a similar material on which a painting is done, usually in oils b. a painting on this material, esp in oils 3. a tent or tents collectively 4. nautical any cloth of which sails are made 5. nautical the sails of a vessel collectively 6. any coarse loosely woven cloth on which embroidery, tapestry, etc, is done 7. the canvas 8. rowing the tapering covered part at either end of a racing boat, sometimes referred to as a unit of length to win by a canvas 9. under canvas Word origin C14: from Norman French canevas, ultimately from Latin cannabis hemp canvas in American English (ˈkænvəs) noun1. 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. a specially prepared piece of canvas on which an oil painting is made 4. a tent or tents, esp. circus tents 5. any coarse cloth of open mesh weave on which embroidery or tapestry is done Word origin ME & OFr canevas < It canavaccio < VL * cannapaceum, hempen cloth < L cannabis, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF © 08/05/2018, Shutterstock Examples of 'canvas' in a sentencecanvas It adds character to a blank canvas and is cheap in the grand scheme of things.Simply hang a blank canvas inside a picture frame and ask guests to write their new year wishes.These are family values, displayed on the largest possible canvas.It was a blank canvas.He had an arts scholarship and painted huge oil canvases in a disused squash court.The decisive question would have been whose towel hit the canvas first.He sliced through the canvas to show that a painting was more than just a surface.This has been a campaign fought on a tiny canvas but with broad implications.What the canvas roof adds is the chance to soak up the sunshine.It is satisfying to see him working again on a large canvas.Inside was a green canvas shoulder bag.The white interiors offer a blank canvas.Theirs are reassuringly solid and made of natural cotton canvas.We have moved on from the idea that galleries are about oil paintings on canvas.We crossed the river in canvas boats.The tent is canvas with wooden poles and ropes to hold it together.It was the first of six times that he hit the canvas.Canvas returns show we really stand a chance.Surely its place in our past deserves to be portrayed on a broader canvas.She spent her first night as a married woman under its green canvas roof.She takes out with her a piece of canvas larger than her stretcher and only loosely attached to it.This oil on canvas on board costs 10,000.It was an old, heavy canvas affair that had been inherited from a father, and it took me half an hour to set up. Word lists withcanvas Art equipmentBritish English: canvas / ˈkænvəs/ NOUN Canvas is strong heavy cloth used for making tents, sails, and bags. ...a canvas bag. - American English: canvas
- Arabic: خَيْش
- Brazilian Portuguese: lona
- Chinese: 帆布
- Croatian: platno
- Czech: plátno
- Danish: lærred
- Dutch: zeildoek
- European Spanish: lona
- Finnish: öljykangas
- French: toile peinture
- German: Segeltuch
- Greek: καμβάς
- Italian: tela
- Japanese: キャンバス
- Korean: 캔버스
- Norwegian: lerret
- Polish: płótno malowanie
- European Portuguese: lona
- Romanian: pânză
- Russian: брезент
- Latin American Spanish: lona
- Swedish: kanvas
- Thai: ผ้าหนาและหยาบใช้วาดภาพ
- Turkish: kaput bezi
- Ukrainian: парусина
- Vietnamese: vải bạt
All related terms of 'canvas'Chinese translation of 'canvas' n - (u) (= fabric)
帆布 (fānbū) - (c) (= painting)
油画(畫) (yóuhuà) (幅, fú) under canvas (= in a tent) 在帐(帳)篷里(裡) (zài zhàngpeng li)
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