canvas
noun
a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
canvases
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pluralof canvas.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Although his canvases typically sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when he completed a large mural for the Palestinian Museum, his requested fee was only a fig tree to be planted in the garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The intimacy of life and work are everywhere in the canvases, but Vermeer’s “sea of signs,” as Mr. Graham-Dixon calls it, resists reduction to narrative certainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Displayed in Parker’s waiting room and meant to advertise his skills, these canvases surprisingly bear their sitters’ names, giving specificity to the often-anonymous figures of Export painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
There are too many canvases and art supplies and books.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
