{
    "term": "canvas",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/hobbies_creative.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a strong heavy rough material used for making tents, sails, etc. and by artists for painting on",
            "labels": "(US English)(US English)(US English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "tents made from heavy canvas"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of canvas used for painting on; a painting done on a piece of canvas, using oil paints",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sale of the artist’s early canvases"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The building is a blank canvas for a clever investor to potentially make a lot of money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a tent",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They spent the night under canvas."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænvəs/",
                "audio": "ca/canvas/canvas__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænvəs/",
                "audio": "ca/canvas/canvas__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old Northern French canevas, based on Latin cannabis ‘hemp’, from Greek."
}