Canvas
Canvas is a durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes. It is popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically stretched across a wooden frame.
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- nounA type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
- nounA piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
- verbTo cover an area or object with canvas.
- verbAlternative spelling of canvass.
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