embedded
adjective
8 letters3 syllables15 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass.
“found pebbles embedded in the silt”
“stone containing many embedded fossils”
2
Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole.
“confused by the embedded Latin quotations”
“an embedded subordinate clause”
WORD FORMS
Starts withE
Ends withD
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®17 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinembeddedway
Starts & ends withE … D
Syllablesem · bed · ded
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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