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5 N‑COUNT A text is a written or spoken passage, especially one that is used in a school or university for discussion or in an examination. □  His early plays are set texts in universities.

6 N‑COUNT A text is the same as a text message . □  He sent a text to his boss insisting that he had done nothing wrong.

7 VERB If you text someone, you send them a text message on a mobile phone. □ [V n] Mary texted me when she got home. SYNONYMS text NOUN

2

words:Can you hear the words on the album?

wording:The wording is so vague that no one actually knows what it means.

content:The letter's contents were not disclosed.

5

passage:He reads a passage from Milton.

extract:Read this extract from an information booklet about the work of an airline cabin crew.

excerpt:…an excerpt from her new novel.

text|book /te kstbʊk/ (textbooks ) also text book

1 N‑COUNT A textbook is a book containing facts about a particular subject that is used by people studying that subject. □  …a chemistry textbook.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] If you say that something is a textbook case or example, you are emphasizing that it provides a clear example of a type of situation or event. [EMPHASIS ] □  The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.

tex|tile /te ksta I l/ (textiles )

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Textiles are types of cloth or fabric, especially ones that have been woven. □  …the Scottish textile industry.

2 N‑PLURAL [no det] Textiles are the industries concerned with the manufacture of cloth. □  Another 75,000 jobs will be lost in textiles and clothing.

text|ing /te kst I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Texting is the same as text messaging .

te xt mes|sage (text messages ) N‑COUNT A text message is a written message that you send using a mobile phone.

te xt mes|sag|ing N‑UNCOUNT Text messaging is sending written messages using a mobile phone.

text|phone /te kstfoʊn/ (textphones ) N‑COUNT A textphone is a telephone with a screen and a keyboard, designed for people with hearing problems.

tex|tu|al /te kstʃuəl/ ADJ [ADJ n] Textual means relating to written texts, especially literary texts. □  …close textual analysis of Shakespeare.

tex|ture /te kstʃə ^r / (textures )

1 N‑VAR The texture of something is the way that it feels when you touch it, for example how smooth or rough it is. □  Aloe Vera is used in moisturisers to give them a wonderfully silky texture.

2 N‑VAR The texture of something, especially food or soil, is its structure, for example whether it is light with lots of holes, or very heavy and solid. □  This cheese has an open, crumbly texture with a strong flavour.

tex|tured /te kstʃə ^r d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A textured surface is not smooth, but has a particular texture, for example, it feels rough. □  The shoe's sole had a slightly textured surface.

SUFFIX -th

You add -th to numbers written in figures and ending in 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 in order to form ordinal numbers. These numbers are pronounced as if they were written as words. For example, 7th is pronounced the same as 'seventh', and 5th is pronounced the same as 'fifth'. For example, ' 10th May' is day number 10 in the month of May.

Thai /ta I / (Thais )

1 ADJ Thai means belonging or relating to Thailand, or to its people, language, or culture.

2 N‑COUNT A Thai is a person who comes from Thailand.

3 N‑UNCOUNT Thai is the language spoken in Thailand.

tha|lido|mide /θəl I dəma I d/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Thalidomide is a drug which used to be given to pregnant women, before it was discovered that it resulted in babies being born with wrongly shaped arms and legs.