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imbedment

imbedment is the alternative form of embedment.

Meaning of embedment

Noun

embedment (countable and uncountable, plural embedments)

  1. The act of embedding or the state of being embedded.
  2. An embedded structure, especially a steel structure, embedded in concrete that transmits external loads to it.

Forms of imbedment

pluralimbedments

Origin of imbedment

From imbed + -ment.

Questions about imbedment

What is imbedment the alternative form of?
Imbedment is the alternative form of embedment.

Words near imbedment in the dictionary

  1. imbedded
  2. imbedder
  3. imbedders
  4. imbedding
  5. imbeddings
  6. imbedment
  7. imbedments
  8. imbeds
  9. imbellic
  10. imbellish
  11. imbellished

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imbedment (page history and authors); embedment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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