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 artist stretched the fresh canvasses over the wooden frames, ready to start painting his new series of landscapes. " 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 student neatly arranged her paints and brushes in front of the stack of blank canvasses. " 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 software provides multiple canvasses where artists can draw and paint different parts of the same digital artwork. " computing technology area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Sails in general. Examples : "The sailboat's sturdy canvasses billowed in the gentle breeze. " nautical sailing material 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 several impressive canvasses of landscapes. " art 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 composer presented the poet with several canvasses of the melody, so he could understand the rhythm and structure before writing the lyrics. " literature music writing art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Alternative spelling of canvass. Examples : "The artist's studio was filled with canvasses of various sizes, some stretched and ready for painting. " art material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading