NOUN | attribute | texture | the feel of a surface or a fabric |
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cognition | texture | the essential quality of something | |
attribute | texture | the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together | |
attribute | texture | the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality | |
attribute | texture, grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) |
Sounds | teh'kscher | |
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Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... |
Meaning | The feel of a surface or a fabric. | |
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Example | "the wall had a smooth texture" | |
Attributes | coarse, harsh | Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles |
fine | Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | |
Narrower | nap | A soft or fuzzy surface texture |
roughness, raggedness | A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven | |
smoothness | A texture without roughness | |
Broader | tactile property, feel | A property perceived by touch |
Spanish | textura | |
Catalan | textura |
Meaning | The essential quality of something. | |
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Example | "the texture of Neapolitan life" | |
Broader | quality, character, lineament | A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something |
Spanish | textura | |
Catalan | textura |
Meaning | The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together. | |
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Example | "then another melodic line is added to the texture" | |
Broader | musicality, musicalness | The property of sounding like music |
Spanish | textura | |
Catalan | textura |
Meaning | The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality. | |
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Category | fine arts, beaux arts | The study and creation of visual works of art |
Narrower | grain | The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone / stone or in a woven fabric |
marbleization, marbleisation, marbleizing, marbleising | A texture like that of marble | |
Broader | visual property | An attribute of vision |
Spanish | textura | |
Catalan | textura |
Meaning | The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). | |
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Synonym | grain | |
Broader | constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up | The way in which someone or something is composed |
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