Canvas meaning

What does “canvas” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“canvas” is a noun and verb with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents).

canvas

noun

  1. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

    Synonymscanvass
  2. an oil painting on canvas fabric

    Synonymscanvass
  3. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

    “the crowded canvas of history”

    “the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound”

    Synonymscanvass
  4. a tent made of canvas fabric

  5. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

  6. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

    “the boxer picked himself up off the canvas”

    Synonymscanvass

verb

  1. cover with canvas

    “She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University