textural

American  

[teks-cher-uhl] / ˈtɛks tʃər əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the texture of a thing, such as of a substance, fabric, painting, etc.; of or relating to the tactile qualities of a surface.

2. (of a musical or literary work) having or showing interconnections, variations in style or technique, etc., that lend texture to the work.

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Example Sentences

“Sea anemone is very textural, and requires a lot of preparation,” Hudda explains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

The result is creamy and crisp, rich and briny, soft and crunchy all at once — a protein-rich, textural love letter to myself.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

Mr Green said: "When you come inside the the garden, the planting is going to be much more textural and muted, with blue flowers to reflect the blue uniforms that the pensioners wear every day."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal—pillowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

The long persistent states of malnutrition in chronic malarial cachexias produce textural weakening of the vascular walls and increased liability to their rupture.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various