Noun
1. heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
2. an oil painting on canvas
3. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account;
"the crowded canvas of history""the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"4. a tent made of canvas
5. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
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"