Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Textur

    строе́ниеstrojénije, структу́раstruktúra, тексту́раtekstúra

    тексту́раtekstúra

    the feel of a surface or a fabric

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.

    Textur

    тексту́раtekstúra

    the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act or art of weaving.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A tissue.

Examples

49 sentences
  1. This material has a rough texture.

    ruЭтот материал имеет грубую текстуру.

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  2. Sea urchin has a slimy texture.

    deEin Seeigel hat eine schleimige Textur.

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  3. Avocados have a unique buttery texture.

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  4. Figs have a somewhat weird texture.

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  5. Figs have a soft texture flesh.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
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feel or shape of a surface or substance:
Русский
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feel or shape of a surface or substance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
feel or shape of a surface or substance:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture

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.

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Forms

plural: textures
Singulartexture
Pluraltextures

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance):grain

Word family

28 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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