texas

¹

[ tek-suhs ]

noun

, U.S. Nautical.

1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
2. texas deck.

Texas

²

[ tek-suhs ]

noun

1. a state in the southern United States. 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). : Austin. : TX (for use with zip code), Tex.

Texas

/ ˈtɛksəs /

noun

1. a state of the southwestern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: the second largest state; part of Mexico from 1821 to 1836, when it was declared an independent republic; joined the US in 1845; consists chiefly of a plain, with a wide flat coastal belt rising up to the semiarid Sacramento and Davis Mountains of the southwest; a major producer of cotton, rice, and livestock; the chief US producer of oil and gas; a leading world supplier of sulphur. Capital: Austin. Pop: 22 118 509 (2003 est). Area: 678 927 sq km (262 134 sq miles) AbbreviationTexwith zip codeTX

Texas

1. State in the southwestern United States bordered by Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas and Louisiana to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to the south, and New Mexico to the west. Its capital is Austin , and its largest city is Houston .

Notes

One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War .

Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

Other Words From

• Texan Tex·i·an [tek, -see-, uh, n], adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of texas¹

1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states

Example Sentences

‘The Voice’ winner Sundance Head was airlifted to a Texas hospital Friday after his pistol accidentally discharged, sending a bullet into his stomach.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was obvious within 2 months of his purchase that the algorithm was already skewing against people who post factual, accurate information on climate,” says Katharine Hayhoe, a climate researcher at Texas Tech University.

From Science Magazine

Texas Sen. John Cornyn has suggested that senators could call witnesses identified in the House investigation to testify at Gaetz’s confirmation hearings, although the attorney representing the two women mentioned above has said that they would prefer not to testify in public.

From Slate

The court hinted that it valued finality over justice by allowing Texas to proceed with what it characterized as “a long-scheduled execution.”

From Slate

At the end of the day, if the state of Texas or any other state is to continue to carry out executions, it has an obligation to ensure that it never kills an innocent person.

From Slate