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texture

[teks-cher]

noun

  1. the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface.

    rough texture.

  2. the characteristic structure of the interwoven or intertwined threads, strands, or the like, that make up a textile fabric.

    coarse texture.

  3. the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts.

    soil of a sandy texture; a cake with a heavy texture.

  4. an essential or characteristic quality; essence.

  5. Fine Arts.Ìý

    1. the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the materials are used.

    2. the imitation of the tactile quality of represented objects.

  6. the quality given, as to a musical or literary work, by the combination or interrelation of parts or elements.

  7. a rough or grainy surface quality.

  8. anything produced by weaving; woven fabric.



verb (used with object)

textured, texturing 
  1. to give texture or a particular texture to.

  2. to make by or as if by weaving.

texture

/ ˈ³ÙÉ›°ì²õ³Ùʃə /

noun

  1. the surface of a material, esp as perceived by the sense of touch

    a wall with a rough texture

  2. the structure, appearance, and feel of a woven fabric

  3. the general structure and disposition of the constituent parts of something

    the texture of a cake

  4. the distinctive character or quality of something

    the texture of life in America

  5. the nature of a surface other than smooth

    woollen cloth has plenty of texture

  6. art the representation of the nature of a surface

    the painter caught the grainy texture of the sand

    1. music considered as the interrelationship between the horizontally presented aspects of melody and rhythm and the vertically represented aspect of harmony

      a contrapuntal texture

    2. the nature and quality of the instrumentation of a passage, piece, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to give a distinctive usually rough or grainy texture to

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

texture

  1. The general physical appearance of a rock, especially with respect to the size, shape, size variability, and geometric arrangement of its mineral crystals (for igneous and metamorphic rocks) and of its constituent elements (for sedimentary rocks). A sandstone that forms as part of an eolian (wind-blown) deposit, for example, has a texture that reflects its small, rounded sand grains of uniform size, while a sandstone that formed as part of a fluvial deposit has a texture reflecting the presence of grains of varying sizes, with some more rounded than others.

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • textural adjective
  • texturally adverb
  • textureless adjective
  • nontextural adjective
  • nontexturally adverb
  • retexture verb (used with object)
  • semitextural adjective
  • semitexturally adverb
  • untextural adjective
  • ˈ³Ù±ð³æ³Ù³Ü°ù²¹±ô adjective
  • ˈ³Ù±ð³æ³Ù³Ü°ù±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ˈ³Ù±ð³æ³Ù³Ü°ù²¹±ôly adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of texture1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ³Ù±ð³æ³ÙÅ«°ù²¹ web, equivalent to text ( us ) (past participle of texere to weave) + -Å«°ù²¹ -ure
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of texture1

C15: from Latin ³Ù±ð³æ³ÙÅ«°ù²¹ web, from texere to weave
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Just this week, a self-proclaimed zucchini hater sought out recipes that mask zucchini’s “unappealing†texture and “watery†taste.

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The texture of Toothless’ body needed to be more intricate for the live-action version, so he would feel more convincingly integrated within the environments.

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Because radish greens are delicate in texture, they pair well with similar-textured greens rather than firm greens, like iceberg lettuce or romaine.

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I loved its viscosity, that rich, luxurious texture that clung to everything it touched, enveloping everything it's heaped over.

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If you want a silky texture, strain through a fine-mesh sieve.

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