can ‧ vas /ˈkænvəs/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: canevas , from Latin cannabis 'hemp' ]
1 . [uncountable] strong cloth used to make bags, tents, shoes etc:
a canvas bag
2 .
[countable] a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of cloth it is painted on:
The gallery has a canvas by Paul Cézanne.
‘Four Women on a Bench’, oil on canvas, 1991
3 . a broader/wider/larger canvas the whole of a situation, and not just a part of it:
These questions must be considered on a broader canvas.
4 . under canvas British English in a tent