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canvasfuls

canvasfuls is the plural of canvasful.

Meaning of canvasful

Noun

canvasful (plural canvasfuls)

  1. The contents of a canvas; the content of a painting on a canvas.
    • When I see him at his easel, so neat and quiet, so unpretending and modest in himself, with such a composed expression on his attentive face, with such a weak white hand to guide such bold, big brushes, and when I look at the frightful canvasful of terrors which he is serenely aggravating in...1890, Wilkie Collins, The Queen of Hearts

Questions about canvasfuls

What is canvasfuls the plural of?
Canvasfuls is the plural of canvasful.

Words near canvasfuls in the dictionary

  1. canvased
  2. canvaser
  3. canvasers
  4. canvases
  5. canvasful
  6. canvasfuls
  7. canvasing
  8. canvasings
  9. canvasless
  10. canvaslike
  11. canvasman

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