canvas

Noun
  1. A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) (synset 102957109)
    is a type of: cloth, fabric, material, textile - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
    subtypes: tarp, tarpaulin - waterproofed canvas
    substance holonym: hemp - a plant fiber
    same as: canvass
  2. An oil painting on canvas fabric (synset 102957504)
    is a type of: oil painting - a picture painted with oil paints
    same as: canvass
  3. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account (synset 114537091)
    "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
    is a type of: background, scope, setting - the state of the environment in which a situation exists
    same as: canvass
  4. A tent made of canvas fabric (synset 102957599)
    is a type of: collapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
    subtypes:
    same as: canvas tent, canvass
  5. A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel (synset 104135005)
    is a type of: piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
    subtypes:
    • balloon sail - any light loose sail
    • crossjack, mizzen course - the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast
    • fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
    • foresail - the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
    • headsail - any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
    • mainsail - the lowermost sail on the mainmast
    • main-topsail - a topsail set on the mainmast
    • press of canvas, press of sail - the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely
    • royal - a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
    • save-all - a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
    • skysail - the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
    • square sail - a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast
    • topgallant, topgallant sail - a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
    • topsail - a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
    has: reef - one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
    is a part of: sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
    same as: canvass, sail, sheet
  6. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete (synset 102957286)
    "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
    is a type of: gym mat, mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
    is a part of: ring - a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
    same as: canvass
Verb
  1. Cover with canvas (synset 201270861)
    "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered

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