Canvas - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an oil painting on canvas fabric (syn: canvass)
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account (syn: canvass)
the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel (syn: canvass, sail, sheet)
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete (syn: canvass)
verb
Extra examples
Use a canvas to cover the boat.
The museum has several canvases by Rubens.
The small boat was put under canvas again.
The gallery has a canvas by Paul Cézanne.
'Four Women on a Bench', oil on canvas , 1991
She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks
She painted the landscape on a square canvas.
Apply paint to the canvas in a series of short strokes.
She stretched the canvas over the wooden frame.
She flecked the canvas with blue paint.
...to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface...
He painted swirls of color on the canvas.
There was no more canvas on the ship to set.
These questions must be considered on a broader canvas.
The canvas was laced to a steel frame.
Word forms
singular: canvas
plural: canvases
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