canvas
canvas is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.
- noun. A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.
- noun. A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.
- noun. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas.
- noun. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
- adjective. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.
- noun. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
- noun. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
"the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
- noun. an oil painting on canvas fabric
- noun. a tent made of canvas fabric
- noun. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- noun. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
"the crowded canvas of history"
"the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
- verb. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
"analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"
"analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"
- verb. cover with canvas
"She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
- verb. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- verb. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Synonyms
canvass, sail, sheet, analyse, analyze, examine, study, poll
Common word forms
canvass, canvased, canvaser, canvases, canvasing, canvassed, canvasser, canvassing
Words from these letters
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