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say it: em-BED-id
embedded is an adjective meaning "enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole
“confused by the embedded Latin quotations”
“an embedded subordinate clause”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for embedded come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.