Meaning of EMBOSSMENT
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- [n] an impression produced by pressure or printing
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | imprint, relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief |
| |
| | See Also: | | alto relievo, alto rilievo, bas relief, basso relievo, basso rilievo, half-relief, high relief, impression, low relief, mezzo-relievo, mezzo-rilievo, sculpture, stamp | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Em*boss"ment\, n.
1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state
of being so formed.
2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut;
protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces
having a decorative effect. ``The embossment of the
figure.'' --Addison.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | anaglyph, bas-relief, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, bump, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo, colophon, concavity, convexity, cut glass, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, dint, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, fingerprint, footmark, footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, lump, mask, medal, medallion, pad, paw print, pawmark, pimple, plaquette, print, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, pug, pugmark, relief, relievo, salience, salient, sculptured glass, seal, sigil, signet, stamp, step, stud, thumbmark, thumbprint, tuberosity, tuberousness, vestige |
| |
|
|
|