Used in a Sentence

canvases

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for canvases.

Editorial note

Introducing a bet to not paint in the corner means I would paint on 5 canvases, not including the corner piece.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of canvases gathered in one view.

noun

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

noun

A tent.

noun

A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for canvases.

noun

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

noun

A tent.

noun

A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.

noun

(painting) A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

Example sentences

1

Introducing a bet to not paint in the corner means I would paint on 5 canvases, not including the corner piece.

2

The big disruption already happened thirty odd years ago with Iris Printers and the widespread production of giclée canvases.

3

Rothko's canvases are huge and there is a real warmth to them due to being hand-painted oil on canvas.

4

As if painters produced nothing but white canvases that only they could see with special glasses.

5

If you really want to do pixel level stuff, there is canvases and images and SVGs.

6

And sure, looking out the window doesn't cost a whole lot, but guitars do, and so do canvases and paints.

7

I would not expect any conflicts there since they are different canvases and textures uploaded just as files.

8

Try clicking through to the article: We generally use web pages as our canvases and paint content on the x– and y-axises.

9

That sounds reasonable, videos and images are already widely accepted as artistic canvases.

10

Also, for what it's worth, guitars and canvases don't really cost that much.

11

In this specific case, you'd have to ask the artist to paint an infinitely many L shaped canvases before the true probability is revealed.

12

Hey, at least we'll get a bunch more mostly-pointless JavaScript features to support accessibility on canvases!

Quote examples

1

The draw function receives all resources as canvases..." I went down the same thought process as you..

2

>“You can paint a single sea creature of your choice on each of these canvases, with one condition.

3

"As if painters produced nothing but white canvases that only they could see with special glasses" Great analogy.

4

Huge "lookatmelookatme" canvases with squares painted on squares in whatever color the paint bucket next to him happened to have in it when he decided he need to make some money that month to make rent.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use canvases in a sentence?

Introducing a bet to not paint in the corner means I would paint on 5 canvases, not including the corner piece.

What does canvases mean?

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

What part of speech is canvases?

canvases is commonly used as noun.