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1.nounA type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
2.nounA piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
3.nounA basis for creative work."The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies."
4.nounA region on which graphics can be rendered.
5.nounSails in general.
6.nounA tent."He spent the night under canvas."
7.nounA painting, or a picture on canvas.
8.nounA rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
9.nounAlternative spelling of canvass.
10.verbTo cover an area or object with canvas.
11.verbAlternative spelling of canvass.