emboss

[ em-baws, -bos ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.

  2. to decorate (a surface) with raised ornament.

  1. Metalworking. to raise a design on (a blank) with dies of similar pattern, one the negative of the other.: Compare coin (def. 10).

  2. to cause to bulge out; make protuberant.

Origin of emboss

1
1350–1400; Middle English embosen<Middle French embocer, equivalent to em-em-1 + boceboss2

Other words from emboss

  • em·boss·a·ble, adjective
  • em·boss·er, noun
  • em·boss·ment, noun
  • un·em·bossed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for emboss

emboss

/ (ɪmˈbɒs) /


verb
  1. to mould or carve (a decoration or design) on (a surface) so that it is raised above the surface in low relief

  2. to cause to bulge; make protrude

Origin of emboss

1
C14: from Old French embocer, from em- + boce boss ²

Derived forms of emboss

  • embosser, noun
  • embossment, noun

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