Dictionary Check: embedded

"embedded" is a valid word!

Scrabble 15 points
Words with Friends 17 points

Definition

adjective

enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass

Example: "found pebbles embedded in the silt"
adjective

inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

Example: "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"
verb

fix or set securely or deeply

Example: "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"
verb

attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

Example: "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"
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