a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips | a heavy, closely woven fabric |
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) | the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete |
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance | a tent made of canvas fabric |
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
platform surrounding the head of a lower mast | an oil painting on canvas fabric |
the greatest possible intensity | an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people |
the highest or uppermost side of anything | the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account |
the upper part of anything | |
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | |
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | |
the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat | |