Definitions:

1. a heavy, closely woven fabric used for clothing, chairs, sails or tents noun
   • My shoes are made out of canvas.
2. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete noun
   • the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
3. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account noun
   • the crowded canvas of history
4. to cover with canvas verb
   • I canvassed the walls of the living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks.
5. to get the opinions of people by asking specific questions verb
   • I canvassed in the local area to see what percentage of people were voting for my candidate.

Synonyms:

• canvas tent
• canvass
• poll
• sail
• study

NearBy Words:

• canvasback
• canvass
• canvasser
• canvassing