"canvasful" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: canvasfuls [plural]
Etymology: From canvas + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|canvas|ful|pos=noun}} canvas + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} canvasful (plural canvasfuls)
  1. The contents of a canvas; the content of a painting on a canvas.

Inflected forms

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