open texture
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A close, dense body conducts heat or cold; a loose, open texture or cellular mass does not.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.
Many are of open texture, so that the eggs within can be easily seen; others are extremely strong and thick, so that one might well believe that they had been constructed by a professional thatcher.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
Made of whole milk, with many small holes that give it an open texture, as in Port-Salut, which it also resembles, although it is stronger and coarser.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton
This he fastened to a long rope, the part nearest the bait being of an open texture which the alligator’s teeth could not bite through.
From The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Similar to Cheddar, but of softer body and more open texture.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton
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