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Definition of Amber
1. Noun. A deep yellow color. "He admired the gold of her hair"
2. Adjective. Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color.
3. Noun. A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry.
Definition of Amber
1. n. A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.
2. a. Consisting of amber; made of amber.
3. v. t. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
Definition of Amber
1. Proper noun. (English female given name), popular in the 1980s and the 1990s. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname dot=) of uncertain origin. ¹
3. Proper noun. (Hindi female given name) ¹
4. Proper noun. A ruined city in Rajasthan, India. ¹
5. Noun. A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. ¹
6. Noun. A brownish yellow colour. ¹
7. Noun. (British) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so. ¹
8. Noun. (context: biology genetics biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence. ¹
9. Noun. (context: obsolete or historical) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. ¹
10. Adjective. Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber. ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) To perfume or flavour with ambergris. ¹
12. Verb. (transitive) To preserve in amber. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amber
1. a fossil resin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Amber
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