Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
canvas / canvass — Canvas is cloth or fabric: a canvas bag to bring to the beach. Canvass means to conduct a survey or examine thoroughly , or to seek votes : She canvassed all the stores before she found the right dress … Confused words
canvas / canvass — Canvas is cloth or fabric: a canvas bag to bring to the beach. Canvass means to conduct a survey or examine thoroughly , or to seek votes : She canvassed all the stores before she found the right dress … Confused words
canvas, canvass — The first is the fabric; the second is a verb meaning to solicit, especially for votes … Dictionary of troublesome word
canvas, canvass — The first is the fabric; the second is a verb meaning to solicit, especially for votes … Dictionary of troublesome word
canvass — canvas, canvass 1. Canvas with one s means ‘coarse cloth’. The plural is canvases and as a verb (‘to cover or line with canvas’) it has inflected forms canvasses, canvassed, canvassing. 2. Canvass with two s s is a verb meaning ‘to solicit votes’ … Modern English usage
canvas — canvas, canvass 1. Canvas with one s means ‘coarse cloth’. The plural is canvases and as a verb (‘to cover or line with canvas’) it has inflected forms canvasses, canvassed, canvassing. 2. Canvass with two s s is a verb meaning ‘to solicit votes’ … Modern English usage
canvas tent — noun a tent made of canvas fabric • Syn: ↑canvas, ↑canvass • Hypernyms: ↑tent, ↑collapsible shelter • Hyponyms: ↑circus tent, ↑big top, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
canvass — See canvas, canvass … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
canvas — See canvas, canvass … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Canvass — Can vass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {canvassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canvassing}.] [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See {Canvas}, n.] 1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
