# texture

Pronunciation: US say "TEKS-chur" /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/; say "TEKS-chuh" UK /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/, AUS /ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance, such as its smoothness, roughness, or softness.
   - Simple: The way something feels when you touch it, like smooth, rough, or soft.
   - _The chef praised the creamy texture of the sauce._
   - _Coarse sandpaper has a rough texture that wears down soft wood._
2. The quality given to a work of art by the way its parts are composed and interact.
   - Simple: The overall feel of an artwork that comes from how its parts are put together.
   - _Critics admired the dense texture of the orchestral piece._
   - _The collage builds its texture from torn paper and scraps of fabric._
3. In computer graphics, an image wrapped onto a polygon to give it the look of a surface material such as wood or stone.
   - Simple: A picture placed onto a 3D shape to make it look like a real surface.
   - _The designer wrapped a wood-grain texture around the table model._
   - _Each texture is stretched across the polygons using mapping coordinates._

## Verb

4. To create a surface feel or pattern, or to apply one to something.
   - Simple: To give something a surface feel, or to add a surface pattern to it.
   - _The plasterers texture the ceiling before it dries._
   - _He likes to texture his clay pots with a carved stamp._

## Adjective

5. Having a texture so pronounced that it draws a strong response, often an approving one. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Describes food or other things that have a really strong, satisfying feel.
   - _The new dessert is incredibly texture, with crunchy and creamy layers._
   - _Her knitwear is texture enough to win over any skeptic._

## Noun

6. Something woven, such as a fabric or web. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A woven cloth or piece of fabric made by weaving threads together.
   - _The weaver sold every texture he produced at market._
   - _Fine textures from the East fetched high prices among the nobility._
7. The act or art of weaving cloth. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The act or skill of weaving threads into cloth.
8. A bodily tissue of an organism. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A body tissue, like skin or muscle.

## Origin

This word was borrowed from Middle French "texture," which came from Latin "textura" (a weaving, web, or structure), from "textus," the past participle of "texere" (to weave). It is a doublet of "tessitura."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/texture (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).