0 past simple and past participle of emboss --
1 to decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface: --
I think that he was thinking of milk bottles and other containers but particularly those which are embossed with the company's name.
The same applies to names embossed on plant and machinery.
I am advised that this would not be the case with capital letters specially embossed to help the blind.
Most transparent bottles are in any case embossed with their measurements.
When the tag is put on, the date should also be embossed in the same way as dairy milk bottle tops are dated.
Each part may be embossed with the name of the particular company concerned.
A well-known firm of pickle manufacturers imported glass bottles with their name embossed on the glass.
On it are embossed the name and status of the holder, together with a reference number.
