Embossed

Definition: Embossed

Embossed

Adjective

1. Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "embossed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Embossed

Convexity

Adjective: convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting; Verb: bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy; clavate, clavated, claviform; hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform; papulous, papilose; hemispheric, bulbous; bowed, arched; bold; bellied; tuberous, tuberculous; tumous; cornute, odontoid; lentiform, lenticular; gibbous; club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose.

Crosswords: Embossed

References

• The World Market for Corrugated, Creped, Crinkled, Embossed or Perforated Paper and Paperboard in Rolls or Sheets: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Celtic Braid Knot Small Leather Embossed Journal (reference)

• Embossed map cover journal-Isis Series (reference)

• Encyclopedia of Toronto Embossed & Etched Bottles from the Soda Water and Soft Drink Industry, 1830-: With the History of Their Users (reference)

• English embossed bindings, 1825-1850 (reference)

• Paper Making: How to Create Original Effects With Paper, Including Watermarked, Embossed and Marbled Papers-13 Projects (Contemporary Crafts Series) (reference)

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Music

• Embossed Dream In Four Acts (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• AVERY White Embossed Note Cards (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Christmas Valley Embossed Round Platter - 16" (reference)

• Debbie Mumm Embossed Snowman Round Platter (16") (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Embossed cover art of: "The Lights and Tides of the World" by by James F. Imray & W.H. Rosser. 2nd Edition 1869. Detail of Lighthouse. Library Call Number VK1150 .I4 2nd ed. 1869. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

A crewman operates a light-registering fathometer while wearing a home-designed U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey logo embossed work shirt. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "embossed": brocaded embossed raised ♦ embossed paper ♦ embossed paperboard. Additional references.

Ending with "embossed": gold-embossed.

Chinese 

装饰 (Adorn, Adorned, Adorning, Decking, decor, Decorate, Decorated, Decorating, Decoration, Decorative, decoratively, Drape, Draped, Emblazon, Emblazoned, Emblazoning, Emboss, Embossing, fringed, Fringing, Garnish, garnished, Garnishing, latticed, Latticing, ornamental, ornamentally, Ornamented, Ornamenting). (various references)

Danish

praeget (rough). (various references)

Dutch

geperst, geblinddrukt. (various references)

Finnish

voimakas mattasyövytys (obscure stipple embossed), velvetointi (satin finish, velvet finish, white acid and tone embossed), satiinipintakäsittely (satin finish, velvet finish, white acid and tone embossed), kohokuvioitu paperi (embossed paper, goffered paper). (various references)

French

gaufré (embossed finish, Embossing), ciselés, ciselées, ciselée, ciselé, ciselâmes. (various references)

German

erhaben (august, be in relief, convex, convexly, elevated, eminent, exalted, high, illustrious, lofty, majestic, noble, raised, solemn, sublime, sublimely, superior, tall), im relief gearbeitet, geprägt (minted), bosselte. (various references)

Greek 

γκοφρέ (embossed finish, Embossing, ripple), ανάγλυφα εκτυπωμένος. (various references)

Hungarian

kipúposodott, dombornyomásos, domborított (repousse), dagadt (bloated, chuff, chuffed, fat, flown, gummy, lardass, puffy, swollen, turgid). (various references)

Italian

stampato in rilievo, scolpito (graven), sbalzato, operato (actions, diapered, handiwork, tooled), goffrato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

高�'"絵 (embossed gilt lacquerwork), 浮き彫り (embossed carving, relief), 浮彫り (embossed carving, relief), 浮彫 (embossed carving, relief), 凸凹紙 (embossed paper). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たかまきえ (embossed gilt lacquerwork), うきぼり (embossed carving, relief), とつおうし (embossed paper). (various references)

Pig Latin

embosseday.(various references)

Portuguese

estampado (check, cheque, die-pressed, printed), gravado (printed, svelte). (various references)

Romanian

lucrat în relief. (various references)

Russian 

гравировать рельефный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

isklesan. (various references)

Spanish

gofrado (gauffering, goffering). (various references)

Swedish

bucklig (dented, humpy). (various references)

Turkish

kabartmalı, kabartılmış. (various references)

Misspellings

"Embossed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Embase. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: demoses.

-2 letters: besoms, bossed, demobs, embeds, emboss, messed, mossed.

-3 letters: besom, bodes, deems, demes, demob, demos, domes, doses, embed, meeds, modes, obese, seeds, seems, semes.

-4 letters: beds, bees, bode, bods, boss, debs, deem, dees, deme, demo, does, dome, doms, dose, doss, emes, eses, meed, mess, mobs, mode, mods, moss, obes, odes, oses, seed, seem.

+2 letters: somebodies.

+3 letters: disembodies, disembogues, disembowels.

+4 letters: morbidnesses.

+5 letters: bestsellerdom, endosymbioses.