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TEXTURED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does textured mean? 

TEXTURED (adjective)
  The adjective TEXTURED has 1 sense:

1. having surface roughnessplay

  Familiarity information: TEXTURED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEXTURED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having surface roughness

Synonyms:

coarse-textured; rough-textured; textured

Context example:

a rough-textured tweed

Similar:

rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)


 Context examples 


The unique crisp-textured coat contains a mixture of harsh and soft hair.

(Dandie Dinmont Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a crisp-textured, tightly curled or wavy outer coat lined with a protective undercoat.

(American Water Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

The surface is textured with microscopic wrinkles that exclude all external molecules.

(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Irish Water Spaniel is the largest of the spaniels with a solid brown (leaning to purple), crisp-textured, and curly coat.

(Irish Water Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

This is a sturdy, short legged, little dog with a rough-textured, weatherproof coat of about 2-3 inches in length.

(Australian Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The Bichon Frise has a loosely curled double coat consisting of a textured outer coat lined with a soft, fine, silky undercoat that is virtually hypo-allergenic.

(Bichon Frise, NCI Thesaurus)

Sheridan Ackiss of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, and collaborators used the orbiter's mineral-mapping spectrometer to investigate surface composition in an oddly textured region of southern Mars called Sisyphi Montes.

(Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars, NASA)



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