Words / B2

TEKSCH-uh/ˈtekstʃə/

Texture is how a surface feels or looks, or the quality of a piece of writing: soil texture; the texture of a poem. Textile is cloth (previous entry); text is written words (already in the dictionary). Describe soil texture in the geography practical, not “it looked nice”. Mix-up: textile / text. Do not write texture for the whole meaning of a poem.

Meaning

The way a surface feels or looks; also the quality of a piece of writing.

Examples

• “Describe soil texture in the geography practical, not “it looked nice”.”
• “The texture of the monologue is broken syntax, which is the literature sense.”

Good to know

soil / surface texture; the texture of + text. Cloth: textile. Trap: text. Geography, art, and literature. Feel or surface quality, not the whole argument.

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