Synonyms for emboss

Grammar : Verb

Spell : em-baws, -bos

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɒs

Définition of emboss

Origin : late 14c., from Old French *embocer (cf. embocieure "boss, stud, buckle"), from em- (see en- (1)) + boce "knoblike mass" (see boss (n.2)). Related: Embossed; embossing.

verb imprint

Example sentences :

Emboss′er; Emboss′ment, a prominence like a boss: raised-work.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

Steel dies for flower-shapes have a cutting edge, so that they can stamp out and emboss in one action.
Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various

It is cover'd with Dutch emboss'd paper, almost totally gilt.
Extract from : « Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America » by Benjamin Franklin

But there is a way by which almost anyone may emboss stationery at home with one's own design at no expense whatever.
Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various

In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the daffodils, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transport?
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

When he was preparing his magnificent vase for the Exhibition, he was advised to emboss it with the royal arms of England.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. » by Various

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