Canvas

Noun

 * 1) A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
 * 2) A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
 * 3) A basis for creative work.
 * 4)  sails in general
 * 5) A tent.

Verb

 * 1) To cover an area or object with canvas.

Adjectives for Canvas
mute; melancholy; billowing; snowy; smoke-darkened; gigantic; towering; shimmering; famous; important; dark-colored; mighty; somber; rickety; denied; broad; idly-flap¬ping; mimic; remarkable; inflammable.

Verbs for Canvas
bleach—; daub—; depict on—; display on —; dye—; execute on—; garment in—; line with—; live under—; portray on—; retain on—; spread—; surface—; transfer to—; weave—; —blinds; —filters; —protects; — screens.

Thesaurus
mat, maulstick, medium, milieu, muslin, oil, oil painting, open forum, paint, paintbrush, painting, palaestra, palette, palette knife, parade ground, pastel, pencil, pigments, pit, place, plain sail, platform, precinct, press of sail, prize ring, public square, purlieu, rag, range, reduced sail, reef point, reefed sail, ring, round top, sail, scene, scene of action, scenery, scratchboard, setting, siccative, site, sketchbook, sketchpad, spatula, sphere, spray gun, square sail, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stump, tempera, tent, tentage, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, top, varnish, walk, wash, wash drawing, water, whitetop, wrestling ring, agora, air brush, amphitheater, aquarelle, arena, art paper, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, big top, boltrope, bowl, boxing ring, brush, bull ring, camera lucida, camera obscura, campus, chalk, charcoal, circus, clew, cloth, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, crayon, cringle, crowd of sail, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, earing, easel, easel-picture, field, finger painting, fixative, floor, foot, fore-and-aft sail, forum, gouache, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, head, hippodrome, lay figure, leech, lists, locale, luff, marketplace,

Etymology

 * canevas:, from cannabis:.

Pronunciation

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