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tela — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • canvas noun A heavy, coarse woven fabric traditionally made from hemp or cotton, used for sails, tents, and painting surfaces.
  • cloth noun Woven, knitted, or felted material used for clothing, furnishing, or cleaning.
  • fabric noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
  • gauze verb To cover or dress a wound with gauze, or to make something look thin and hazy like gauze fabric.

Senses

tela is used for these senses in English:

  • canvas A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
  • cloth (countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
  • cloth (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.
  • fabric A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
  • gauze (medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
  • gauze Ellipsis of wire gauze

canvas — full definition

  1. noun A heavy, coarse woven fabric traditionally made from hemp or cotton, used for sails, tents, and painting surfaces.
  2. noun A painting itself, or figuratively, a basis or backdrop for creative work.
  3. verb To cover something with canvas.

cloth — full definition

  1. noun Woven, knitted, or felted material used for clothing, furnishing, or cleaning.
  2. noun A tablecloth, especially one laid out for a meal.
  3. noun The clergy or priesthood, referred to by their traditional dress.

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