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Meaning of EMBOSSED

Pronunciation:  emb'ost

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork"
 
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 Synonyms: adorned, brocaded, decorated, raised
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] ``An embossed carbuncle.''
   --Shak.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anastatic, bold, bossed, bossy, carved, ceroplastic, chased, confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, engrafted, engraved, engraven, entrenched, established, etched, firmly established, glyphic, glyptic, graven, hammered, implanted, impressed, imprinted, in relief, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long-established, modeled, molded, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, raised, rooted, sculpted, sculptile, sculptured, set, settled, stabilized, toreutic, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled
 

 

 

 

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