Definition
impressures
noun
- Plural of impressure; marks, indentations, or impressions made by pressure on a surface.
Usage: archaic or formal; rarely used in modern English
Examples
- The fossils showed clear impressures of ancient leaves in the stone.
- The seal left impressures in the wax.
- Archaeologists studied the impressures left by pottery tools on the clay.
- The footprints were merely shallow impressures in the sand.