texture
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
Noun 3 meanings
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
“The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.”
The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
“The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.”
An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
Verb 1 meaning
To create or apply a texture.
“Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.
TEXTURE at a glance
TEXTURE has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + X 8 + T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,867 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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