Definition: a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Similar words: fabric, material, cloth, textile
Definition: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Usage: the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent; woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC; she measured off enough material for a dress
Definition: the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
Usage: the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Definition: sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
Definition: an oil painting on canvas fabric
Similar words: oil painting
Definition: a picture painted with oil paints
Synonyms: canvas, canvas tent, canvass
Definition: a tent made of canvas fabric
Similar words: tent, collapsible shelter
Definition: a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
Usage: he pitched his tent near the creek
Synonyms: sail, sheet, canvas, canvass
Definition: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Similar words: piece of cloth, piece of material
Definition: a separate part consisting of fabric
Synonyms: public opinion poll, poll, opinion poll, canvass
Definition: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
Similar words: inquiry, research, enquiry
Definition: a search for knowledge
Usage: their pottery deserves more research than it has received
Definition: the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
Usage: the crowded canvas of history; the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
Similar words: setting, scope, background
Definition: the state of the environment in which a situation exists
Usage: you can't do that in a university setting
Synonyms: poll, canvas, canvass
Definition: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Similar words: survey
Definition: make a survey of; for statistical purposes
Definition: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Similar words: tap, beg, solicit
Definition: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Usage: Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce; My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities