canvases Meaning & Definition
What Does Canvases Mean?
Canvases is used as a noun meaning plural of canvas. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of canvas. As a verb, it means To cover an area or object with canvas.
Canvases Definition (Noun)
- plural of canvas
Canvases as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of canvas
Noun
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
- A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
- A basis for creative work.
The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies.
- A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- Sails in general.
- A tent.
He spent the night under canvas.
- A painting, or a picture on canvas.
- A 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.
- Alternative spelling of canvass.
Verb
- To cover an area or object with canvas.
- Alternative spelling of canvass.
Synonyms of Canvases
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Canvases synonyms and antonyms →Canvases in a Sentence
The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies.
He spent the night under canvas.
Word Forms & Grammar
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