noun Download 🔗Share A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. Examples : "The art students stretched new canvases over wooden frames, ready to begin their oil paintings. " material art nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint. Examples : "The art students displayed their colorful paintings on canvases in the school hallway. " art material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A basis for creative work. Examples : "The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies." art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A region on which graphics can be rendered. Examples : "The design software provides several canvases for creating different parts of the website. " art computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Sails in general. Examples : "As the storm approached, the captain ordered the crew to furl the ship's canvases quickly to prevent them from tearing. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tent. Examples : "He spent the night under canvas." material building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A painting, or a picture on canvas. Examples : "The art gallery displayed beautiful canvases filled with colorful landscapes. " art material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The songwriter provided several rough canvases of the melody to the lyricist, so he could write words that fit the musical structure. " art literature music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun verb Download 🔗Share Alternative spelling of canvass. Examples : "The politician's campaign team spread out through the town, using phone calls and door-to-door visits as their canvases to reach potential voters. " art material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover an area or object with canvas. Examples : "The art students canvases the tables with old newspaper before they start painting. " material art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
Download 🔗Share Alternative spelling of canvass. Examples : "The political party canvases door-to-door every election year to ask people for their votes. " art material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading