Word: embossing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: em
bo
ssing
Definition: A raised design or symbol that has been embossed.
Morphemes:
Affix: em-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Affix: boss
Language: en
Meaning: a lump; bump; protuberance
Etymology Compounds: Affix: boce
Language: fro
Decoded: boce
Meaning: lump, bulge, protuberance, knot
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.