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canvas in Lithuanian

canvas in Lithuanian is drobė — canvas means a heavy, coarse woven fabric traditionally made from hemp or cotton, used for sails, tents, and painting surfaces.

canvas in Lithuanian

drobė
noun
A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

What does "canvas" mean?

  1. noun A heavy, coarse woven fabric traditionally made from hemp or cotton, used for sails, tents, and painting surfaces.
    "Sailors patched the torn sail with a strip of strong canvas."
  2. noun A painting itself, or figuratively, a basis or backdrop for creative work.
    "The gallery hung a huge canvas of a stormy sea in the main hall."
  3. verb To cover something with canvas.
    "They canvased the boat deck to protect it from rain."
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canvas in a sentence

  • Sailors patched the torn sail with a strip of strong canvas.
  • The artist stretched a fresh canvas before starting the portrait.
  • The gallery hung a huge canvas of a stormy sea in the main hall.
  • For a poet, an empty page is a canvas waiting for words.

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What is "canvas" in Lithuanian?
"canvas" in Lithuanian is drobė. canvas means: A heavy, coarse woven fabric traditionally made from hemp or cotton, used for sails, tents, and painting surfaces.
How do you use "canvas" in a sentence?
Example: "Sailors patched the torn sail with a strip of strong canvas." In Lithuanian, "canvas" is drobė.
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