- embossable
- adjective see emboss II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
emboss — embossable, adj. embosser, n. embossment, n. /em baws , bos /, v.t. 1. to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief. 2. to decorate (a surface) with raised ornament. 3. Metalworking. to raise a design on (a blank) with dies of similar… … Universalium
emboss — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English embosen to become exhausted from being hunted, ultimately from Anglo French bois woods Date: 14th century archaic to drive (as a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion II. transitive verb Etymology:… … New Collegiate Dictionary