embossed

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

embossed

1. simple past and past participle of emboss

Adjective

embossed (comparative more embossed, superlative most embossed)

1. With raised letters or images on the surface.

   Synonym: empaestic

2. (obsolete) Foaming at the mouth.
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Induction, scene 1:

     Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds;/Broch Merriman, the poor cur is emboss'd;/And couple Clowder with the deep-mouth'd brach.

3. Synonym of umbonate

Derived terms

• unembossed

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: نافِر (nāfir)
• Czech: ražený, reliéfní, plastický (cs), reliéfový, embosovaný
• Finnish: koho- (fi), see kohokirjoitus
• German: erhaben (de)
• Turkish: kabartmalı