About The Word Embossment
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Embossment
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What's The Definition Of Embossment?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Embossment: imprint | relief | relievo | rilievo | sculptural relief Related Terms | Find terms related to Embossment: 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 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 Embossment In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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