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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024can•vas /ˈkænvəs/USA pronunciation n. - Textiles[uncountable] a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton used esp. for tents, etc.
- a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made:[uncountable]some beautiful paintings on canvas.
- a painting on canvas:[countable]Those canvases sold for two million each.
- Sport the floor of a boxing ring, traditionally covered with canvas:[countable* usually singular: the + ~]He was knocked to the canvas in the first round.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024can•vas (kan′vəs),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
- a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made.
- a painting on canvas.
- a tent, or tents collectively.
- Textiles, Nauticalsailcloth.
- Nauticalsails collectively.
- Textilesany fabric of linen, cotton, or hemp of a coarse loose weave used as a foundation for embroidery stitches, interlining, etc.
- Sportthe floor of a boxing ring traditionally consisting of a canvas covering stretched over a mat.
- Nautical under canvas:
- Naval Terms[Naut.]with set sails.
- in tents;
in the field:the troops under canvas.
- Vulgar Latin *cannabāceus (noun, nominal use of adjective, adjectival), equivalent. to Latin cannab(is) hemp + -āceus -aceous
- Anglo-French, Old North French
- Middle English canevas 1225–75
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