Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling canvas (the fabric).

Etymologies

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canvas +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Fine flax cambric, for example, is delicate, while linen duck a canvaslike fabric is hardy.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Fine flax cambric, for example, is delicate, while linen duck a canvaslike fabric is hardy.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Fine flax cambric, for example, is delicate, while linen duck a canvaslike fabric is hardy.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Fine flax cambric, for example, is delicate, while linen duck a canvaslike fabric is hardy.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • And for a one-hundred-fifty-dollar pledge, this canvaslike director's chair!

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • And for a one-hundred-fifty-dollar pledge, this canvaslike director's chair!

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • The narrow aisles of the market, which operated under an awning of translucent canvaslike material through which one could still see the constant displays of fireworks in the sky above, were crammed with people, all trying to give things away.

    Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003

  • A study in the split between the rational and the emotional self, it finds Savoie and EDAM regular Marc Boivin contorting beneath a giant, canvaslike shirt, while eerie body scans, blinking eyes, and distorted trees edge along the floor and across a slice of video screen behind them.

    The Georgia Straight - News And Views 2009

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