canvas

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
• a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
• an oil painting on canvas fabric
• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
• a tent made of canvas fabric
• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
• solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
• get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
• cover with canvas
• A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton
• A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work
• A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil
• Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas
• A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition
• Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in West Virginia

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