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EMBOSSMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Synonyms:
embossment; relief; relievo; rilievo; sculptural relief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("embossment" is a kind of...):
sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embossment"):
alto relievo; alto rilievo; high relief (a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth)
bas relief; basso relievo; basso rilievo; low relief (a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut)
half-relief; mezzo-relievo; mezzo-rilievo (a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief)
Derivation:
emboss (raise in a relief)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An impression produced by pressure or printing
Synonyms:
embossment; imprint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("embossment" is a kind of...):
impression; stamp (a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving)
