Embedder

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Something or someone that places an item firmly within a surrounding material, body, or document
2. A program, device, or person that inserts one object or piece of content into a larger structure
3. One who or that which fixes or inserts an element so it sits securely inside a larger whole

Etymology: "Embedder" is a plain formation: the verb "embed" with the agent suffix "-er", so it names a thing or person that embeds. The verb itself goes back to "embed", built from the prefix "em-" (in, into) and the Middle English word "bed", meaning a bed or a place to lie, so to embed something is literally to put it into a bed or setting. The noun is most often used in technical fields, where it names a program, component, or device that is set inside another system, such as a piece of software that runs within a larger application or a structure placed within a host object. Because the suffix is productive, the noun is formed on demand wherever a new "embed" activity needs a name, so there is no single coinage moment to point to.

Synonyms: implanter, inserter