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canvas

4 entries found.

Main Entry:
1can·vas 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1canvas
Variant(s):
also can·vass 
          Listen to the pronunciation of canvass \ˈkan-vəs\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English canevas, from Anglo-French canevas, chanevaz, from Vulgar Latin *cannabaceus hempen, from Latin cannabis hemp — more at cannabis
Date:
13th century
1: a firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp, or cotton used for clothing and formerly much used for tents and sails2: a set of sails : sail3: a piece of canvas used for a particular purpose4: tent ; also : a group of tents5 a: a piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting ; also : the painting on such a surface b: the background, setting, or scope of a historical or fictional account or narrative6: a coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle7: the canvas-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
can·vas·like 
          Listen to the pronunciation of canvaslike \-vəs-ˌlīk\ adjective


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