Texture

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈtÉ›kstʃə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -É›kstʃə(ɹ)

Origin

From Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textura ("a weaving, web, texture, structure"), from texere ("to weave"), past participle textus; see text.

Full definition of texture

Noun

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. (arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.The piece of music had a mainly smooth texture.
3. (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface,
4. (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
5. (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
• ThomsonOthers, apart far in the grassy dale,
  Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
6. (biology, obsolete) A tissue.

Related terms

• context
• pretext
• subtext
• texel
• texton
• text
• textual

Verb

1. to create or apply a texture''Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.