canvas

canvas is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkænvəs/
• SAMPA: /"k{nv@s/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: can‧vas

Noun

Singular canvas

Plural canvasses or canvases

1. (countable) A canvas is a type of hard, rough cloth used for making sails, tents, and painted on.

   John prepared the canvas for the sail.

2. Canvas that is stretched out on a frame to be painted on.

   A good artist chooses his or her own canvas.

3. (uncountable) Canvas is something that is a basis for a creative work.

   The life in rural France served as a canvas for Ted F. Adams' Around the Tree.

Verb

Plain form canvas

Third-person singular canvases

Past tense canvased

Past participle canvased

Present participle canvasing

1. If you canvas something, you cover an area or object with canvas.

Related words

• canvass