An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
EMBOSSMENT
relief, relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief
(noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
imprint, embossment
(noun) an impression produced by pressure or printing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
embossment (plural embossments)
The result of embossing; something that has been embossed.
The process or act of embossing.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*boss"ment, n.
1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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