DictionaryAI

texture

TEKS-chur/ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/SayTEKS-chuhUK/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/AUS/ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Pluraltextures

Verbtextures, texturing, textured

8 meanings of texture

Practice

  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The way something feels when you touch it, like smooth, rough, or soft.

    Like telling if something is smooth or scratchy just by touching it with your eyes closed.

    The blanket had a soft, fuzzy texture.

    I love the bumpy texture of an orange peel.

    Similarfeel, consistency, surface, grain

  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The overall feel of an artwork that comes from how its parts are put together.

    Like how a song sounds fuller when many instruments play together instead of just one.

    This painting has a rich texture made from thick layers of paint.

    The song's texture feels full because so many instruments play at once.

    Similarfabric, structure, composition, weave

    Note
  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A picture placed onto a 3D shape to make it look like a real surface.

    Like wrapping gift paper around a plain box to make it look fancy.

    The game artist added a brick texture to the wall.

    Without a texture, the model just looks like a plain gray shape.

    Note
  4. 4
    verbtransitive
    To give something a surface feel, or to add a surface pattern to it.

    Like pressing a fork into cookie dough to leave little lines on top.

    You can texture the wall with a special roller.

    She wanted to texture the icing so it looked like fur.

    Similarpattern, roughen

    Oppositesmooth

    Note
  5. 5
    adjectiveslang
    Describes food or other things that have a really strong, satisfying feel.

    Like a snack that's so crunchy and fun to bite that everyone keeps grabbing more.

    These chips are so texture, I can't stop eating them.

    That sweater feels really texture in a good way.

    Note

Less common meanings

  1. 6
    nounobsoletecountable
    A woven cloth or piece of fabric made by weaving threads together.

    Like a piece of cloth woven from many threads crossing over each other.

    The merchant unrolled a fine texture across the table.

    Of richest texture spread
    1667, John Milton, Paradise LostHere, texture means woven cloth or fabric.
    Note
  2. 7
    nounobsoleteuncountable
    The act or skill of weaving threads into cloth.
    Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam.
    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia EpidemicaHere, texture means weaving threads into cloth.
    Note
  3. 8
    nounobsoletecountable
    A body tissue, like skin or muscle.
    Note

Practice

Can you tell the meanings of texture apart? Answer 4 quick questions from this page, or write your own sentence and AI will check it.

Origin

It comes from Latin "textura," meaning a weaving or web, from "texere," meaning to weave.