According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
EMBEDDED
embedded
(adjective) inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; “confused by the embedded Latin quotations”; “an embedded subordinate clause”
embedded
(adjective) 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”
EMBED
embed
(verb) attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; “The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division”
implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
(verb) fix or set securely or deeply; “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”; “The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
embedded
simple past tense and past participle of embed
Adjective
embedded (comparative more embedded, superlative most embedded)
Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.
Source: Wiktionary
EMBED
Em*bed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.]
Definition: To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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