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Meanings of canvas in English

Russian
холст
Portuguese
tela
Spanish
lienzo
Catalan
tela
Wikidata

Extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric.

холст
Portuguese
tela
Catalan
tenda de lona
Spanish
lona

A tent made of canvas fabric.

tela
Synonyms
Examples for "duck"
Examples for "duck"
1
Boissière is on home territory: the south-west of France is duck country.
The Guardian
2
So I am happy that someone has the good sense to duck.
Reuters
3
Kashyap was able to duck under his food cart just in time.
Reuters
4
Enda made light work of his duck paté with port wine sauce.
The Irish Times
5
One of the surgeons in white duck touched her on the arm.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
Portuguese
vela
Catalan
vela de vaixell
Spanish
vela

A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.

vela
Portuguese
analizar
Catalan
estudiar
Spanish
estudiar

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.

analizar
Usage of canvas in English
1
When Tilke is given a blank canvas, however, the results are different.
The Guardian
2
But the canvas is actually in a really good state of conservation.
Wired
3
The future for Vorian Atreides-howeverlong he had-wasan open, empty canvas.
Sisterhood of Dune
4
We'd need the reservists to help canvas the neighborhoods and question people.
The weight of silence
5
The huge canvas in the studio had its face to the wall.
And Even Now
6
Small boys will crawl in under the canvas in spite of clubs.
Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater; Or, The Most Dangerous Performanc...
7
It's a blank canvas of hard climbing with-sofar-onlyaid routes established.
Climbing Magazine
8
The fields before Castle Sylvarresta were a sea of canvas and silk.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
9
Gloria held aside the canvas flap; he followed her into the cave.
The Everlasting Whisper
10
The canvas had been removed from his sun-shelter; only the framework remained.
There was a King in Egypt
11
In the rear was my entrenching tool, carried in a canvas case.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
12
The canvas reacted very slightly until the schooner was back on course.
In the King's name
13
Rows of buffalo-hide and canvas wigwams; Indians sitting around on the ground.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
14
In this picture of mine, the group actually moved upon the canvas.
Oldport Days
15
The canvas is then replaced and the Regulator hung on the wall.
Mr. World and Miss Church-Member: A Twentieth Century Allegory
16
He gathered the chrysoprase and restored the stones to the canvas bag.
The Drums of Jeopardy
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Common
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