canvas

Everyday

1. Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth used for tents, sails, bags and shoes. tree →
2. A canvas is a piece of this cloth stretched on a frame for painting a picture, or the painting itself. tree →
3. (computing) A canvas is the area on screen where you draw or design in an app. tree →

In the lessons

In art lessons, artists paint with oils or acrylics on canvas. In history, ships' sails and soldiers' tents were canvas. In everyday life, canvas shoes and bags are common. In computing lessons, apps like Scratch have a stage or canvas. Under canvas means in a tent, camping.

Examples

• The tent is made of canvas. tree →
• The artist painted a sunset on a large canvas. tree →
• Van Gogh's canvases are worth millions. tree →
• I wear canvas trainers in summer. tree →
• Draw your design on the canvas in the app. tree →
• We slept under canvas at scout camp. tree →
• Next morning, their neighbor, the artist, passed by, carrying a paint-box and a large roll of canvas. tree →

Note

Plural: canvases. Trap: canvass with double s is a verb meaning to ask people for votes or opinions. Canvas is uncountable for the cloth, countable for paintings.