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  texas

  noun

  a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
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  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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

Other Word Forms

• Texan
  adjective
• Texian
  adjective

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

Example Sentences

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texas Texas

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 says," said Ramsey, "captains don't sing on the texas roof."

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable

“He’s always been an old soul,” said Kerry Sweeney, the receivers coach at DeSoto High in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The bill passed the Texas Senate in 2023 but died in the House.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

One passenger received medical attention on site and was released after American Airlines Flight 2398 - coming from Atlanta, Georgia - landed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas on Friday.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, Texas has 20 different media markets, placing less pressure on outside groups to commit money early and lock in rates, one national GOP strategist told the Tribune.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

He loved Mom’s Texas cousins, but all of them, five wild little girls and their grumpy mama, lived in a tiny little house.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis