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1. A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing, chairs, sails or tents)
   - canvass
    
2. An oil painting on canvas fabric
   - canvass
    
3. The setting for a narrative, fictional or dramatic account
   "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound";
   - canvass
    
4. A tent made of canvas fabric
   - canvas tent, canvass
    
5. A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
   - sail, canvass, sheet
    
6. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
   "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas";
   - canvass

1. Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
   - canvass
    
2. Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   - poll, canvass
    
3. Cover with canvas
    
4. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   - analyze [N. Amer], analyse [Brit, Cdn], study, examine, canvass

Sounds like: canvass

Derived forms: canvased, canvases, canvasing, canvassed, canvassing

Type of: background, beg, cloth, collapsible shelter, cover, fabric, gym mat, mat, material, oil painting, piece of cloth, piece of material, scope, setting, solicit, survey, tap, tent, textile

Part of: ring, sailing ship, sailing vessel

Encyclopedia: Canvas Canvas, West Virginia