English Explanatory Dictionary

blank canvas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unmarked or empty state, offering a limitless potential for creation, development or interpretation.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blank, canvas.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

blank canvas blank canvases blank canvasses

Etymology

By analogy with artists who begin with a blank canvas, thereby possessing the freedom to shape it according to their creative inclinations.

Synonyms

blank slate empty canvas empty page blank page empty sheet blank sheet empty leaf blank leaf new canvas clean slate new page new sheet new leaf
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