DICTOMETER

CANVAS

(canvas, lienzo, lona, paño, duk, lerret, materiale, materiell, seilduk, stoff, stofflig)

1. Synonyms:
   • Canvas
   • Canvass
   Definitions:
   • a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Canvas
   • Canvass
   Definitions:
   • an oil painting on canvas fabric
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Canvas
   • Canvass
   Definitions:
   • the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
   Examples:
   • The crowded canvas of history
   • The movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Canvas tent
   • Canvas
   • Canvass
   Definitions:
   • a tent made of canvas fabric
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Sail
   • Canvas
   • Canvass
   • Sheet
   Definitions:
   • a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Canvas
   • Canvass
   Definitions:
   • the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
   Examples:
   • The boxer picked himself up off the canvas
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Canvass
   • Canvas
   Definitions:
   • solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Poll
   • Canvass
   • Canvas
   Definitions:
   • get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Canvas
   Definitions:
   • cover with canvas
   Examples:
   • She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Analyze
   • Analyse
   • Study
   • Examine
   • Canvass
   • Canvas
   Definitions:
   • consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   Examples:
   • Analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
   • Analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
   • Analyze your real motives