Definition of Texas

1. Noun. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.


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

Teutonism
Teutons
Teutophobia
Tevere
Tevet
Tewa
Tewan
Tewans
Tewkesbury
Tex
Tex-Mex
Tex.
Texan
Texans
Texarkana
Texas
Texas 42
Texas Independence Day
Texas Ranger
Texas armadillo
Texas blind snake
Texas bluebonnet
Texas cattle fever
Texas chachalaca
Texas fever
Texas heart shot
Texas hold 'em
Texas horned lizard
Texas leaguer
Texas leaguers

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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