# blank canvas

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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