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texture

UK/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)//ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/

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texture noun: the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.

Noun

texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)

  1. 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.
  2. 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. An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
    • The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
  4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
    • Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
    • Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
    • Of richest texture spread1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  6. (obsolete) A tissue.

Verb

texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured)

  1. To create or apply a texture.
    • Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.
    • The floor here is invisible because the game's devs forgot to texture it.

Adjective

texture (comparative more texture, superlative most texture)

  1. (slang) Having an intense texture; with a texture that causes a strong (often positive) reaction.
    • I may suck at it, but when I get the nail polish *juuuust right* ¶ gosh, its just so texture~ ¶ whaaaat? noo, Im totally not autistic and stimming with every comfortable texture I can2022 April 4, @Unit_9078, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025
    • I was hesitant about biting a piece of paper. "W-What if I get a papercut on my tongue?" ¶ "Flower, do you honestly think that the Compact uses paper that sophonts can injure themselves with? […2022 August 24, Darkfalli, “Wellness Check - Chapter 13: Sinking Theseus's Ship”, in Archive Of Our Own, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025

texture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

texture in Hindi

a texture, net
उंडुक uṇḍuk
texture
बुनावट bunāvaṭ

texture in Tamil

இழை நய அமைப்பு, இழையமைப்பு, ஊடுபாவு

texture in Marathi

feel or shape of a surface or substance
पोत pot

texture in Bengali

জমিন, গঠনবিন্যাস, বয়ন, জমি, বয়নবিন্যাস, বয়নপ্রণালী
More languagesFewer languages
texture in Telugu
నేత nēta
texture in Malayalam
നെയ്ത്ത് neyttŭ
texture in Kannada
ನೆಯ್ಗೆ, ಹೆಣಿಗೆ, ಮಯ್ವಳಿಕೆ
texture in Sanskrit
उण्डुक uṇḍuka
texture in Arabic
مَلْمَس malmas
texture in Indonesian
tekstur

Examples of texture in a sentence

  • i like doing my makeup but i hate how it makes my skin feels after omg its so...texture whats it called ¶ it just isnt smooth anymore omg FUCK U2023 March 6, @lukakgae, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
  • Your art style is so texture it makes me stim2025 April 18, @lukakgae, Twitter (reply to a drawing), archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:

All 40 example sentences with texture

Forms of texture

Noun
pluraltextures
Verb
third-person singular presenttextures
present participletexturing
past participletextured
pasttextured
Adjective
comparativemore texture
superlativemost texture

Plural of texture: textures

Origin of 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.

Words formed from texture

Phrases with texture

Questions about texture

What does texture mean?
Texture means the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
What is texture in Hindi?
Texture in Hindi is उंडुक (uṇḍuk), बुनावट (bunāvaṭ). See Texture meaning in Hindi.
How do you use texture in a sentence?
i like doing my makeup but i hate how it makes my skin feels after omg its so...texture whats it called ¶ it just isnt smooth anymore omg FUCK U
What part of speech is texture?
Texture can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce texture?
Texture is pronounced /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of texture?
The plural of texture is textures.

Words near texture in the dictionary

  1. textulariids
  2. textura
  3. texturable
  4. textural
  5. texturally
  6. texture
  7. texture map
  8. texture mapped
  9. texture mapping
  10. texture maps
  11. textured

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: texture (page history and authors); उंडुक (Hindi) (page history and authors); texture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); texture (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నేత (Telugu) (page history and authors); നെയ്ത്ത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); texture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उण्डुक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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