texture
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
texture/ˈtekstʃə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
■ the character of a textile fabric as determined by its threads.
- 2 Art the representation of the tactile quality of a surface.
- 3 the quality created by the combination of elements in a work of music or literature: a closely knit symphonic texture.
– derivatives
textural adjective,
texturally adverb,
textureless adjective.
textural adjective,
texturally adverb,
textureless adjective.
– origin ME: from L. textura ‘weaving’, from text-, texere ‘weave’.
'texture' also found in these Oxford entries:
aa
- Artex
- cheese
- chert
- coarse
- complexion
- coriaceous
- crumble
- crumpet
- delicacy
- delicate
- faille
- fine-spun
- fleece
- floury
- fluffy
- fun fur
- fuzzy
- gluten
- glutinous
- grain
- graphic
- komatiite
- leathery
- nubby
- porphyritic
- retexture
- scoria
- slub
- soft
- spot
- stripe
- taffeta
- tessitura
- texture mapping
- texturize
- tissue
- trachytic
- varve
- vegetable spaghetti
- Wensleydale
- wiry
- woodchip
- woolly
- zone
