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Discover LudwigThe word 'embossment' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process of decorating something by pressing an engraved or inked design into it with a machine or stamp. Example sentence: "The embossment of the stationery added a touch of elegance to the invites."
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embossment
noun
The result of embossing; something that has been embossed.
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She fingered a small silver pendant with a squiggly embossment: "This is a lotus flower, which represents new beginnings and infinite potential".
Just as the bars on a typewriter strike a fixed point on a moving sheet of paper, the stationary mantle plume was leaving its embossment on the surface of the drifting crust.
I also love the attention paid to the forming of the book as an object, in terms of materials: the linen used to cover the boards, the design on their spines and a signet — the author's initials or full name or some other embossment on the cover, if not a full-on graphic.
"Cityscape," a finely crafted threaded embossment by Herbert Appelson of Cherry Hill, is a luminous image of color harmonies and geometric patterns, while Deanne De Nyse's "Thirteen Gold Rivets" is a composition that incorporates silkscreen, photo etching, and real metal rings that look more like grommets than rivets.
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Now he was in a bank vault, opening an envelope sealed with red swastika embossments.
There are watermarks and embossments around which Dickinson steers her words.
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