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Synonyms for canvas

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kan-vuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn vəs

Top 10 synonyms for canvas
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Définition of canvas

Origin :
  • "sturdy cloth made from hemp or flax," mid-14c., from Anglo-French canevaz, Old North French canevach, Old French chanevaz, literally "made of hemp, hempen," noun use of Vulgar Latin adjective *cannapaceus "made of hemp," from Latin cannabis, from Greek kannabis "hemp," a Scythian or Thracian word (see cannabis).
  • Latin adjectives in -aceus sometimes were made in Romanic languages into nouns of augmentative or pejorative force. Especially as a surface for oil paintings from c.1700; hence "an oil painting" (1764).
  • noun coarse material
  • noun painting on coarse material
Example sentences :
  • Last of all, there was the explosion, the carrying off of the coin in its canvas sacks to the horses.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Kingozi dropped into the canvas chair, fumbled for a pipe, filled and lighted it.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • All else on his canvas is subordinated to the grim image of the colossal Puritan.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • That scrubby menagerie had not gained in dignity from its transference to canvas walls.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • The chariots, some of them still hooded in canvas, were very small and tarnished.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • It was there that my difficulty lay: I had prepared too big a canvas for him.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • That canvas said everything; it was the best lesson of things that could be seen.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • He closed on the canvas with his teeth and gave a gentle tug.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Some of them had old leather grips or canvas bags, but many had no luggage at all.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
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