Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TEXTURE
texture, grain
(noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); “breadfruit has the same texture as bread”; “sand of a fine grain”; “fish with a delicate flavor and texture”; “a stone of coarse grain”
texture
(noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric; “the wall had a smooth texture”
texture
(noun) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
texture
(noun) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; “then another melodic line is added to the texture”
texture
(noun) the essential quality of something; “the texture of Neapolitan life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
(arts) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
(computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
(obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
(obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
(biology, obsolete) A tissue.
Verb
texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured)
to create or apply a texture
Source: Wiktionary
Tex"ture, n. Etym: [L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. texture. See Text.]
1. The act or art of weaving. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson.
3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.
5. (Biol.)
Definition: A tissue. See Tissue.
Tex"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Textured; p. pr. & vb. n. Texturing.]
Definition: To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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