- canvas, canvass
- The first is the fabric; the second is a verb meaning to solicit, especially for votes.
Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
canvas, canvass
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canvas, canvass — Canvas is a kind of cloth. To canvass is to request, to solicit. The canvas of the tent was covered with pine needles. Jim was asked to canvass the block for donations to the United Chest … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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
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
