Tex.

Save This Word!

abbreviation

Texan.

Texas.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Words nearby Tex.

Tevez, Tewa, Te Waipounamu, Tewkesbury, Tewksbury, Tex., Texan, Texarkana, texas, Texas City, texas deck

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use Tex. in a sentence

Those are fighting words in a nearly half-Latino city where Tex-Mex restaurants outnumber all others.
Foodie Heaven in Houston|Michele Meyer|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He sent Warner Bros., a rough draft of a screenplay called Tex-X.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, quite the opposite—I suspect that my own experience epitomizes, in miniature, the Tex-Mex revival as a whole.
The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex-Mex?|Andrew Romano|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The former accused him of cooking inauthentic Mexican food; the latter accused him of cooking inauthentic Tex-Mex.
The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex-Mex?|Andrew Romano|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Texas expats wax rhapsodic about the Tex-Mex food of their youth.
The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex-Mex?|Andrew Romano|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I meant to locate it in Irving, Tex., rather than Texas generally.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
This excludes the box number and the wording "Dallas, Tex.," in the lower right portion.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
But the words of our tex has a difrunt and more pertikelur meenin than this.
The Funny Side of Physic|A. D. Crabtre
Donovan has always been picking on Tex, and when he gets drunk he is worse than ever.
Jack the Young Trapper|George Bird Grinnell
That little fellow was Wild Tex, and the big fellow was Donovan.
Jack the Young Trapper|George Bird Grinnell

British Dictionary definitions for Tex. (1 of 2)

tex

noun

a unit of weight used to measure the density of yarns. It is equal to 1 gram per 1000 metres

Word Origin for tex

C20: from French, from textile textile

British Dictionary definitions for Tex. (2 of 2)

Tex.

abbreviation for

Texan

Texas

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