canvas

heavy fabric used for making sails; a tent; an oil painting

Not to be confused with:

canvass – to discuss thoroughly; solicit votes; seek opinions; poll: canvass the neighborhood

can·vas

(kăn′vəs)

1. A heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax, traditionally used for tents and sails.

a. A piece of such fabric on which a painting, especially an oil painting, is executed.

b. A painting executed on such fabric.

3. A fabric of coarse open weave, used as a foundation for needlework.

4. The background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative: a grim portrait of despair against the bright canvas of the postwar economy.

5. Nautical A sail or set of sails.

a. A tent or group of tents.

b. A circus tent.

7. Sports The floor of a ring in which boxing or wrestling takes place.

Idiom:

under canvas

1. Nautical With sails spread.

2. In a tent or tents.

[Middle English canevas, from Old French and from Medieval Latin canavāsium, both ultimately from Latin cannabis, hemp; see cannabis.]

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canvas

(ˈkænvəs)

1. (Textiles)

a. a heavy durable cloth made of cotton, hemp, or jute, used for sails, tents, etc

b. (as modifier): a canvas bag.

2. (Art Terms)

a. a piece of canvas or a similar material on which a painting is done, usually in oils

b. a painting on this material, esp in oils

3. a tent or tents collectively

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical any cloth of which sails are made

5. (Nautical Terms) nautical the sails of a vessel collectively

6. (Knitting & Sewing) any coarse loosely woven cloth on which embroidery, tapestry, etc, is done

7. (Boxing) the canvas the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring

8. (Rowing) rowing the tapering covered part at either end of a racing boat, sometimes referred to as a unit of length: to win by a canvas.

9. in tents

10. (Nautical Terms) nautical with sails unfurled

[C14: from Norman French canevas, ultimately from Latin cannabis hemp]

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can•vas

(ˈkæn vəs)

n.

1. a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used esp. for tents, sails, etc.

2. a piece of this or similar material on which a painting is made.

3. a painting on canvas.

4. a tent, or tents collectively.

5. sails collectively.

6. any mesh-weave fabric of linen, hemp, etc., esp. one used as a ground in needlepoint.

7. the floor of a boxing ring, traditionally covered with canvas.

[1225–75; Middle English canevas < Anglo-French, Old North French « Latin cannab(is) hemp]

Canvas

paintings collectively; sails collectively; tents collectively; also used figuratively to mean ‘a wide range, a large expanse.’

Example: canvas of fancy, 1822.

canvas

The floor of the ring.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	canvas - a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) canvass cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" tarp, tarpaulin - waterproofed canvas hemp - a plant fiber
	2.	canvas - an oil painting on canvas fabric canvass oil painting - a picture painted with oil paints
	3.	canvas - the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" canvass scope, setting, background - the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
	4.	canvas - a tent made of canvas fabric canvas tent, canvass big top, circus tent, round top, top - a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour" field tent - a canvas tent for use in the field Sibley tent - a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top collapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" wall tent - a canvas tent with four vertical walls
	5.	canvas - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel sail, canvass, sheet balloon sail - any light loose sail crossjack, mizzen course - the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction foresail - the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel reef - one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind headsail - any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel mainsail - the lowermost sail on the mainmast main-topsail - a topsail set on the mainmast piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric press of canvas, press of sail - the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely royal - a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts save-all - a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail skysail - the sail above the royal on a square-rigger square sail - a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast topgallant, topgallant sail - a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast topsail - a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
	6.	canvas - the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" canvass gym mat, mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports ring - a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
Verb	1.	canvas - solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign canvass solicit, beg, tap - make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" circularize - canvass by using a questionnaire
	2.	canvas - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions canvass, poll survey - make a survey of; for statistical purposes circularise, circularize - canvass by distributing letters
	3.	canvas - cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	4.	canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass anatomize - analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior" diagnose, name - determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis diagnose - subject to a medical analysis survey, appraise - consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" survey - make a survey of; for statistical purposes compare - examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" assay - analyze (chemical substances) reexamine, review - look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" audit, scrutinise, scrutinize, inspect - examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns" screen - examine methodically; "screen the suitcases" trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" investigate, look into - investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese" sieve, sift - check and sort carefully; "sift the information" look at, view, consider - look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"

Translations

خَيْشقِماش لِرَسْم اللوْحاتقِماشُ قُنَّبِ

plátnoplachtovina

lærred

Leinwand Segeltuch Segel Gemälde Leinen

καμβάς

lona lienzo tela

öljykangas

toiletoilerbâche canevas entoiler

platno

vászon

olíumálverk á strigastrigi; segldúkur

tela canovaccio circo scenario stoffa

キャンバス

캔버스

drobėpalapinėsepaveikslas

audeklsbrezentsglezna

canvas zeildoek

lerret seilduk strie grovt lerret

płótno

lona

брезент полотно холщовый

plachtovinaplátenný

platno

kanvas

ผ้าหนาและหยาบใช้วาดภาพ

çadır bezikaput bezi tuvalyağlı boya resim

vải bạt

一幅油画帆布油画布粗帆布

canvas

[ˈkænvəs]

A. N

1. (= cloth) → lona f (Naut) → velas fpl, velamen m
under canvas → en tienda de campaña, en carpa (LAm) (Naut) → con el velamen desplegado

2. (Art) → lienzo m

B. CPD canvas chair N → silla f de lona
canvas shoes NPL → zapatos mpl de lona; (rope-soled) → alpargatas fpl

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canvas

[ˈkænvəs] n

(= fabric) → toile f
under canvas (= in a tent) → sous la tente; (sailing) → sous voiles

(= picture) → toile f, tableau m

canvas

n → Leinwand f; (for sails) → Segeltuch nt; (= set of sails) → Segel pl; (for tent) → Zeltbahn f; (Art: = material) → Leinwand f; (= painting) → Gemälde nt; under canvas (= in a tent) → im Zelt; (Naut) → mit gehisstem Segel; canvas chair → Liegestuhl m, → Klappstuhl m; canvas shoes → Segeltuchschuhe pl

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canvas

[ˈkænvəs] n → tela
under canvas (in a tent) → in tenda (Naut) → a vele spiegate

canvas

(ˈkӕnvəs) – plural ˈcanvases – noun

1. (also adjective) (of) a coarse cloth made of hemp or flax etc, used for sails, tents etc, and for painting on. canvas sails.

2. (a piece of canvas for) a painting. He painted twenty canvases.

under canvas

in tents. living under canvas.

canvas

→ خَيْش plátno lærred Segeltuch καμβάς lona öljykangas toile platno tela キャンバス 캔버스 zeildoek lerret płótno lona брезент kanvas ผ้าหนาและหยาบใช้วาดภาพ kaput bezi vải bạt 帆布