n.
- the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
▸the character of a textile fabric as determined by its threads.
- Art the representation of the tactile quality of a surface.
- the quality created by the combination of elements in a work of music or literature:
a closely knit symphonic texture.
v.
[
usu. as adj. textured]
give a rough or raised texture to.
Derivative
- textural adj.
- texturally adv.
- textureless adj.
Etymology
ME: from L. textura ‘weaving’, from text-, texere ‘weave’.