Canvas
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Canvas
Noun
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for paintings.
- A piece of such cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint an artwork.
"She is painting a moonlight scene on the canvas."
- A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
- 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.