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# texture

«texture» in Mova's school dictionary: **how something feels when you touch it, such as rough…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (texture, a texture, textures); verb (texture, textures, textured, texturing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Texture is how something feels when you touch it, such as rough, smooth, bumpy or soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#m1)

2) Texture is also how food feels in your mouth, like crunchy, chewy or creamy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#m2)

3) In art and music, texture means the way different parts or layers are put together to make a surface or sound feel rich or simple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#m3)

4) To texture something means to give it a rough or patterned surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials and properties (rough, smooth); in art, rubbings and making textures with paint; in cooking, the texture of food; in music, thick or thin texture; phrases: rough texture, smooth texture, add texture.

### examples

- Sandpaper has a rough texture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x1)
- The texture of a peach is soft and fuzzy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x2)
- I don't like the texture of mushrooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x3)
- We made bark rubbings to show texture in art. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x4)
- The cake had a light, fluffy texture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x5)
- The artist textured the wall with a sponge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x6)
- Silk has a smooth, slippery texture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x7)
- Their robes were like those worn by mortals, but were perfect in form and much finer in texture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/#x8)

### note

Countable or uncountable: «a smooth texture», «it has lots of texture». It is about feel (touch) more than colour. Past: textured.

### In the corpora

- [Every kitchen is a chemistry lab: heat, acid and water change food into new substances with new tastes, smells and textures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/10-cooking-is-chemistry/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «texture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.