Silly String's characteristic texture and shape come from the proportions of these ingredients.

Parmesan cheese needs weeks of immersion in a salt bath to acquire its characteristic texture and flavor.

Many peridotite occurrences have characteristic textures.

The chemical coatings give it these characteristic textures and smells.

A pile of mountain yam matchsticks, with characteristic slimy texture, is served simply with wasabi.

The characteristic thick texture and high protein content are achieved through either or both of two processing steps.

The gently-salted central pâte has a light taste and a characteristic 'melt-in-the-mouth' texture.

As a result the grains have a characteristic texture of a polycrystalline quartz rim (see infobox figure).

The characteristic texture is that of a chromatically decorated melody over sonorous left hand parts supported by sensitive pedalling.