Texture
noun
The way a surface or material feels when you touch it.
The texture of the carpet is rough.
Often appears as...
- rough texture
- soft texture
noun
The way food feels in your mouth.
The texture of the pudding is smooth and creamy.
Often appears as...
- creamy texture
- crunchy texture
noun
The way something is made or put together.
The texture of the painting is visible due to the thick brush strokes.
Often appears as...
- thick texture
- intricate texture
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Artistic
noun
The way elements are combined in a piece of music or literature.
The texture of the symphony is complex with multiple layered melodies.
Often appears as...
- rich texture
- layered texture
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Academic
noun
The way a surface or material feels when you touch it.
The texture of the carpet is rough.
Often appears as...
- rough texture
- soft texture
noun
The way food feels in your mouth.
The texture of the pudding is smooth and creamy.
Often appears as...
- creamy texture
- crunchy texture
noun
The way something is made or put together.
The texture of the painting is visible due to the thick brush strokes.
Often appears as...
- thick texture
- intricate texture
Usage tips
Artistic
noun
The way elements are combined in a piece of music or literature.
The texture of the symphony is complex with multiple layered melodies.
Often appears as...
- rich texture
- layered texture
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Texture in this context appeals to physical sensation, often involving finger touch.
The texture of the silk scarf felt smooth.
Pro Tip 2/3Descriptive Language
Use 'texture' to make descriptions more vivid; helps the listener imagine the feel.
The old book had a leathery texture.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Solely Visual
Don't confuse texture with appearance; texture relates to touch, not just how something looks.
Despite its appearance, the blanket's texture was quite scratchy.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Texture in this context appeals to physical sensation, often involving finger touch.
The texture of the silk scarf felt smooth.
Pro Tip 2/3Descriptive Language
Use 'texture' to make descriptions more vivid; helps the listener imagine the feel.
The old book had a leathery texture.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Solely Visual
Don't confuse texture with appearance; texture relates to touch, not just how something looks.
Despite its appearance, the blanket's texture was quite scratchy.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Texture in this context appeals to physical sensation, often involving finger touch.
The texture of the silk scarf felt smooth.
Pro Tip 2/3Descriptive Language
Use 'texture' to make descriptions more vivid; helps the listener imagine the feel.
The old book had a leathery texture.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Solely Visual
Don't confuse texture with appearance; texture relates to touch, not just how something looks.
Despite its appearance, the blanket's texture was quite scratchy.
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What is fat? - George...
The one of the right is called TRANS, and you probably have heard of trans fats before. They don't go rancid, they're more stable during deep frying, and they can change the texture of foods in ways that other fats just can't. They're also terrible for your health, by far worse than saturated fat, even though technically they're a type
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How I climbed a...
They'd all hiked up the normal trail on the back, which I was planning on using for my descent. But between me and the summit lay a blank slab of granite. There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes
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The magic of spices PIPE...
you just met tonight very important that they get along after we warm them up to each other and they get more friendly we're gonna grind them we're gonna use different pepper grinders and we're gonna coarsely grind and finely grind we want to achieve texture in that blend that we're gonna do so we grind them and
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Magical houses, made of...
This floor is made of glossy and durable bamboo skin. You can feel the texture under bare feet. And the floor that you walk on, can it affect the way that you walk? Can it change the footprint that you'll ultimately leave on the world?
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What I learned from...
looking at the world turn beside you. It's roaring silently with color and texture as it pours by mesmerizingly next to you. And if you can tear your eyes away from that and you look under your arm down at the rest of everything,
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The math and magic of...
all of life, all of history. If we obey these laws, we can do amazing things. So in origami, to obey these laws, we can take simple patterns -- like this repeating pattern of folds, called textures -- and by itself it's nothing.
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Why do your knuckles...
like hyaluronic acid and lubricin. Synovial fluid is more or less the texture of egg yolk and its primary purpose is to cushion the bones and help them glide past each other. It also contains phagocytic cells
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Gordon Tries Fermented...
Look at the juice. The color of the juice. That's the right texture. Can you cut that, please? Is this a joke? Oh my lord. Oh my god. It's like putty. Why is this so-- a special rare delicacy when it stinks?
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Top 5 Most Intelligent...
it's a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Fossils 101 PIPE National...
can help to preserve its original form and texture. Among many methods, this group includes organisms that have been frozen, preserved in tar pits, and mummified.
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What is fat? - George...
The one of the right is called TRANS, and you probably have heard of trans fats before. They don't go rancid, they're more stable during deep frying, and they can change the texture of foods in ways that other fats just can't. They're also terrible for your health, by far worse than saturated fat, even though technically they're a type
Video examples
How I climbed a...
They'd all hiked up the normal trail on the back, which I was planning on using for my descent. But between me and the summit lay a blank slab of granite. There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes
Video examples
The magic of spices PIPE...
you just met tonight very important that they get along after we warm them up to each other and they get more friendly we're gonna grind them we're gonna use different pepper grinders and we're gonna coarsely grind and finely grind we want to achieve texture in that blend that we're gonna do so we grind them and
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Magical houses, made of...
This floor is made of glossy and durable bamboo skin. You can feel the texture under bare feet. And the floor that you walk on, can it affect the way that you walk? Can it change the footprint that you'll ultimately leave on the world?
Video examples
What I learned from...
looking at the world turn beside you. It's roaring silently with color and texture as it pours by mesmerizingly next to you. And if you can tear your eyes away from that and you look under your arm down at the rest of everything,
Video examples
The math and magic of...
all of life, all of history. If we obey these laws, we can do amazing things. So in origami, to obey these laws, we can take simple patterns -- like this repeating pattern of folds, called textures -- and by itself it's nothing.
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
like hyaluronic acid and lubricin. Synovial fluid is more or less the texture of egg yolk and its primary purpose is to cushion the bones and help them glide past each other. It also contains phagocytic cells
Video examples
Gordon Tries Fermented...
Look at the juice. The color of the juice. That's the right texture. Can you cut that, please? Is this a joke? Oh my lord. Oh my god. It's like putty. Why is this so-- a special rare delicacy when it stinks?
Video examples
Top 5 Most Intelligent...
it's a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Fossils 101 PIPE National...
can help to preserve its original form and texture. Among many methods, this group includes organisms that have been frozen, preserved in tar pits, and mummified.
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Quote examples
Whit Stillman
American Director
Coming out of university, one of my obsessions was that in the novels I was reading, they seemed to be portraying a world that had a social fabric. People knew each other in 'War and Peace.' They went to all the same balls. These were societies with tightly wound, woven, social textures.
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Flume
Australian Musician
Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and that's very exciting. Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else.
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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Karen Thompson Walker
Author
A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more than tell a story, a story that manages to reflect in some way the multilayered texture of life itself.
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Joe Wicks
British Author
Finger foods can help little ones to explore food at their own pace. They are also great for helping them to develop hand-eye coordination and encouraging them to try out a variety of textures.
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Oliver Sykes
English Musician
The guitar shouldn't be a main instrument, it should be a texture. It shouldn't be important whether it's there or not. If it's important to you whether a guitar is there or not, you're weird.
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Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
It's nice to see different dimensions of a character. A love interest and family life are always, I think, important in creating layers and textures.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture.
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Ashley Nell Tipton
American Designer
I'm never afraid of pattern or texture.
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Whit Stillman
American Director
Coming out of university, one of my obsessions was that in the novels I was reading, they seemed to be portraying a world that had a social fabric. People knew each other in 'War and Peace.' They went to all the same balls. These were societies with tightly wound, woven, social textures.
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Flume
Australian Musician
Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and that's very exciting. Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else.
Quote examples
Natalie Dormer
English Actress
As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
Quote examples
Karen Thompson Walker
Author
A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more than tell a story, a story that manages to reflect in some way the multilayered texture of life itself.
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Joe Wicks
British Author
Finger foods can help little ones to explore food at their own pace. They are also great for helping them to develop hand-eye coordination and encouraging them to try out a variety of textures.
Quote examples
Oliver Sykes
English Musician
The guitar shouldn't be a main instrument, it should be a texture. It shouldn't be important whether it's there or not. If it's important to you whether a guitar is there or not, you're weird.
Quote examples
Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
It's nice to see different dimensions of a character. A love interest and family life are always, I think, important in creating layers and textures.
Quote examples
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
Quote examples
Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture.
Quote examples
Ashley Nell Tipton
American Designer
I'm never afraid of pattern or texture.
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