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texture
[teks-cher]
noun
the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface.
rough texture.
the characteristic structure of the interwoven or intertwined threads, strands, or the like, that make up a textile fabric.
coarse texture.
the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts.
soil of a sandy texture; a cake with a heavy texture.
an essential or characteristic quality; essence.
Fine Arts.
the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the materials are used.
the imitation of the tactile quality of represented objects.
the quality given, as to a musical or literary work, by the combination or interrelation of parts or elements.
a rough or grainy surface quality.
anything produced by weaving; woven fabric.
verb (used with object)
to give texture or a particular texture to.
to make by or as if by weaving.
texture
/ ˈtɛkstʃə /
noun
the surface of a material, esp as perceived by the sense of touch
a wall with a rough texture
the structure, appearance, and feel of a woven fabric
the general structure and disposition of the constituent parts of something
the texture of a cake
the distinctive character or quality of something
the texture of life in America
the nature of a surface other than smooth
woollen cloth has plenty of texture
art the representation of the nature of a surface
the painter caught the grainy texture of the sand
music considered as the interrelationship between the horizontally presented aspects of melody and rhythm and the vertically represented aspect of harmony
a contrapuntal texture
the nature and quality of the instrumentation of a passage, piece, etc
verb
(tr) to give a distinctive usually rough or grainy texture to
texture
The general physical appearance of a rock, especially with respect to the size, shape, size variability, and geometric arrangement of its mineral crystals (for igneous and metamorphic rocks) and of its constituent elements (for sedimentary rocks). A sandstone that forms as part of an eolian (wind-blown) deposit, for example, has a texture that reflects its small, rounded sand grains of uniform size, while a sandstone that formed as part of a fluvial deposit has a texture reflecting the presence of grains of varying sizes, with some more rounded than others.
Other Word Forms
- textural adjective
- textureless adjective
- texturally adverb
- nontextural adjective
- nontexturally adverb
- retexture verb (used with object)
- semitextural adjective
- semitexturally adverb
- untextural adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of texture1
Example Sentences
A radiant golden canvas layered with subtle textures and faint shapes, exuding both energy and tranquillity.
Mr. Sorkin says he, too, wants “to restore the texture and detail of the human lives” that lived through tragedy.
It enhances the texture in just the right way.
This creates a rougher texture and greater friction.
Swift's new music is more cool and collected than her previous collaborations with Martin; tapping into the atmospheric textures of his recent hits for The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.
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