embedded
Adjective
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Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass (synset 301662393)
"found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp"similar to: enclosed - closed in or surrounded or included within
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Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole (synset 301331371)
"confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause"similar to: integrated - formed into a whole or introduced into another entity
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