canvases

noun

1
A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
2
A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
3
A basis for creative work.
“The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studies.”
4
A region on which graphics can be rendered.
5
Sails in general.
6
A tent.
“He spent the night under canvas.”
7
A painting, or a picture on canvas.
8
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.
9
Alternative spelling of canvass.

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