texture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The way a surface or material feels when you touch it.

   The wall had a smooth, cool texture.

2. 2
   noun

   The way something feels in your mouth or is made up of small parts.

   The beans had a grainy, gritty texture.

3. 3
   noun

   The overall quality or character of something complex, such as music or art.

   The composer layered the instruments to create a rich 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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