texture
/ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth."
- "The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture."
- "The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play."
- "Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam."
- "Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave."
- "Of richest texture spread"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *tetḱ-, texture, textūra
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/
- British English: /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Usage
Inflected Forms
textures (plural)
textures (present, singular)
texturing (participle, present)
textured (participle, past)
textured (past)
more texture (comparative)
most texture (superlative)