canvas
IPA: kˈænvʌs
noun
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
- (painting)
- A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
- A painting, or a picture on canvas.
- A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
- (figuratively) A basis for creative work.
- (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- (nautical) Sails in general.
- A tent.
- A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
- (Nigeria) Athletic shoes.
- Obsolete spelling of canvass [(countable) A seeking or solicitation of donations, information, opinions, support, etc.]
verb
- (transitive) To cover (an area or object) with canvas.
- Obsolete spelling of canvass [(transitive, figuratively)]
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Examples of "canvas" in Sentences
- The paintings are all tempera on canvas.
- It's almost like the artist and the canvas.
- The council provided the canvas to the artist.
- The end result is a smudge of paint on the canvas.
- The dimensions of the canvas are a golden rectangle.
- The paint is no longer thickly applied to the canvas.
- He does painting in gouache and acrylic on canvas and paper.
- The figures dominate the canvas, giving the painting a monumental quality.
- Modernist painting rejected the idea of creating an illusion on the canvas.
- Paint was applied to the canvas or board with impetuous and generous strokes.