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embossment

noun

1 embossment

An impression produced by pressure or printing.

synonym: imprint.

2 embossment

Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.

synonyms: relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief.

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; ... show more

Dutch: reliƫf
Polish: relief


Moby thesaurus: anaglyph, bas-relief, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, bump, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo, colophon, concavity, convexity, cut glass, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, dint, eminence, excrescence ... show more.

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