- can‧vas
- 1 [uncountable]
strong cloth used to make bags, tents, shoes etc : a canvas bag
- 2 [countable]
a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of cloth it is painted on : The gallery has a canvas by Paul Cézanne.
'Four Women on a Bench', oil on canvas , 1991
- 3
a broader/wider/larger canvas
the whole of a situation, and not just a part of it : These questions must be considered on a broader canvas.
- 4
under canvas
British Englishin a tent
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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