canvas

noun

ˈkan-vəs How to pronounce canvas (audio)
variants also canvass
Definition of canvasnext
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine

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Recent Examples of canvas The walls may be canvas, but the beds feature the same Bear hybrid mattresses as those in Dawn Ranch’s more conventional rooms. — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 The night before, amid the horde at the opening of Thaddaeus Ropac’s Georg Baselitz show, actor Damian Lewis was sizing up the big canvases. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 There, the walls are festooned with shapes that seem inspired by Cubist canvases. — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Buttigieg was in the area on Tuesday to kick off a canvass launch and rally for Congressman Frank Mrvan and State Senate candidate Scott Houldieson at Andorra Banquets in Schererville. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for canvas
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painting
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  • Maribeth says both of her parents were passionate artists and the family has held on to many of their paintings.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In Blue Level and Desert Moon (both 1955), with their solid areas of blues and reds, respectively, Krasner constructed a vertical world that stood straight and sturdy, raw elements reaching beyond the painting’s top and bottom edges.
    — John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of painting

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“Canvas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvas. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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