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embedded (root: embed)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective embedded has 2 senses
- embedded(s = adj.all) Array - enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp"
- embedded(s = adj.all) Array - inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause"
CIDE DICTIONARY
embedded, adj.
- enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp. [WordNet 1.5]
- inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause. [WordNet 1.5]
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