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Definition of Texas
1. Noun. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
Terms within: Chisholm Trail, Big Bend, Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Abilene, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Capital Of Texas, Beaumont, Brownsville, Bryan, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Del Rio, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Galveston Island, Garland, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Lufkin, Mcallen, Midland, Odessa, Paris, Plano, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler, Victoria, Waco, Wichita Falls, Chihuahuan Desert, Brazos, Brazos River, Canadian, Canadian River, Colorado, Colorado River, Galveston Bay, Guadalupe Mountains, Llano Estacado, Pecos, Pecos River, Red, Red River, Sabine, Sabine River, Trinity River
Group relationships: Southwest, Southwestern United States, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, Gulf States
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States Of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
Derivative terms: Texan
Definition of Texas
1. n. A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
Definition of Texas
1. Proper noun. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Austin. ¹
2. Noun. the top-most cabin deck on a steamboat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Texas
1. the uppermost structure on a steamboat [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Texas
Literary usage of Texas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Santa Anna sent troops into texas and war began. The desperate defense of the
Alamo at San Antonio by 183 Texans under WB Travis in which the defenders were ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"texas from time to time has suffered genuine ties with their adopted country.
... At Galveston in 1900 thousands texas and Coahuila became one state divided ..."
3. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"texas, An independent republic, admitted into the Union by the following joint
resolutions and act of Congress: A joint resolution for annexing texas to the ..."
4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William L. Hickey, United States (1847)
"texas, An independent republic, admitted into the Union by the following joint
resolutions and act of Congress: A joint resolution for annexing texas to the ..."
5. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"JOINT RESOLUTION for annexing texas to the United States. Resolved by the Senate
and House of Representative!!! of the United States of Amer'vm in Congress ..."
6. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"CONSENT OP texas TO ANNEXATION—1845 Whereas the Government of the United States
hath proposed the following terms, guarantees, and conditions on which the ..."
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