noun
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
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an oil painting on canvas fabric
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the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
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- the crowded canvas of history
- the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
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a tent made of canvas fabric
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a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
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the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
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- the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
verb
cover with canvas
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- She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks