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  • texas
    texas
    noun
    a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
  • Texas
    Texas
    noun
    a state in the southern United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Austin. TX (for use with zip code), Tex.

texas

1 American  
[tek-suhs] / ˈtɛk səs /

noun

U.S. Nautical.
  1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.

  2. texas deck.


Texas 2 American  
[tek-suhs] / ˈtɛk səs /

noun

  1. a state in the southern United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Austin. TX (for use with zip code), Tex.


Texas British  
/ ˈtɛksəs /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Tex.   TX.  a state of the southwestern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: the second largest state; part of Mexico from 1821 to 1836, when it was declared an independent republic; joined the US in 1845; consists chiefly of a plain, with a wide flat coastal belt rising up to the semiarid Sacramento and Davis Mountains of the southwest; a major producer of cotton, rice, and livestock; the chief US producer of oil and gas; a leading world supplier of sulphur. Capital: Austin. Pop: 22 118 509 (2003 est). Area: 678 927 sq km (262 134 sq miles)

"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

Texas Cultural  
  1. State in the southwestern United States bordered by Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas and Louisiana to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to the south, and New Mexico to the west. Its capital is Austin, and its largest city is Houston.


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One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

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Etymology

Origin of texas

1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states

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On Tuesday, the artist attempted to set the record straight over Reddit, posting a picture of herself, captioned: "It's not me, I don't even live in texas."

From Salon May 25, 2022

There are hot spots just off of texas island drops.

From Washington Times May 27, 2020

Gary from Santa Barbara texts the hotline: Why not abandon run game when texas stacks the line, and return to run when texas loosens up?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2017

In the current texas case, hospital workers sent samples to the State Health Laboratory in Austin.

From Newsweek

He led the way up to his quarters in the texas, and telling Griswold to wait, went down on his knees to rummage in the locker beneath the berth.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis

Initially, the family leased their ranch abode—telling People magazine shortly after they moved to Texas that they had wanted to test out the area for a year before committing to buying a property there.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Tesla described progress on expansion initiatives as in line with plans, saying it began production of its "Cybercab" vehicle in Texas and that production of the Tesla Semi truck "remains on track" for 2026.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Taipei-listed Wistron is building Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell chip modules at the Texas facility, and will also make new Vera Rubin products there.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Fans traveled from states like Michigan and Texas for the tour kickoff at Red Rocks in Colorado.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

She recommended women like Betty Skelton, who had also been through some privately funded astronaut testing, and acquaintances like Jerri Sloan, a Texas aviator who had been in many flying competitions with Jerrie.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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