texture

the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface.

rough texture.

the characteristic structure of the interwoven or intertwined threads, strands, or the like, that make up a textile fabric.

coarse texture.

the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts.

soil of a sandy texture; a cake with a heavy texture.

an essential or characteristic quality; essence.

Fine Arts.

1. the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the materials are used.

2. the imitation of the tactile quality of represented objects.

the quality given, as to a musical or literary work, by the combination or interrelation of parts or elements.

a rough or grainy surface quality.

anything produced by weaving; woven fabric.

the surface of a material, esp as perceived by the sense of touch

a wall with a rough texture

the structure, appearance, and feel of a woven fabric

the general structure and disposition of the constituent parts of something

the texture of a cake

the distinctive character or quality of something

the texture of life in America

the nature of a surface other than smooth

woollen cloth has plenty of texture

art the representation of the nature of a surface

the painter caught the grainy texture of the sand

1. music considered as the interrelationship between the horizontally presented aspects of melody and rhythm and the vertically represented aspect of harmony

   a contrapuntal texture

2. the nature and quality of the instrumentation of a passage, piece, etc