1. Tissu. Toile de jute.
2. Tableau. Toile de maître.
(Homonym: canvass).
1. Heavy, closely woven cotton fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents); SYN. canvass.
2. A piece of such fabric stretched on a frame, to be used for painting; SYN. canvass.
3. An oil painting on canvas; SYN. canvass.
4. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; SYN. canvass.
5. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; SYN. canvass.
Plain cloth woven from relatively thick cotton or linen yarn. It is used for baggage, tents, beach shoes, and other utilitarian purposes. In traditional tailoring canvas is used as an interlining for collars and facings. Artist's canvas is stretched taut over a frame (stretcher) and primed before paint is applied to it.
ETYM Old Eng. clath cloth, AS. clâth cloth, garment; akin to Dutch kleed, Icel. klaethi, Dan. klaede, cloth, Swed. kläde, German kleid garment, dress.
Fabric of any sort, often made of cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
1. An artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; SYN. picture.
2. Making a picture with paints
3. The act of applying paint to a surface
4. The occupation of a house painter; SYN. house painting.
1. A network of sticky strands, such as those woven by spiders.
2. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
3. An intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim; SYN. entanglement.
4. Membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals.
1. See
2. The World Wide Web; the internet.
See World Wide Web.