ə̇mˈbrāzhə(r), em- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from obsolete embraser to widen an opening + -ure
1. : a recess of a door or window ; especially : one sloped or beveled to give an effect of largeness from one side
2. : an opening with sides flaring outward in a wall or parapet of a fortification usually for allowing the firing of cannon
3. : the sloped valley between adjacent teeth (as in the human mouth)
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