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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

1. 1. 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. Amber colour, or anything amber-coloured; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky. 3. Ambergris. "You that smell of amber at my charge." (Beau. & Fl) 4. The balsam, liquidambar. Black amber, and old and popular name for jet. Origin: OE. Aumbre, F. Ambre, Sp. Ambar, and with the Ar. Article, alambar, fr. Ar. 'anbar ambergris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amber

ambatch ambatches ambeer ambeers ambenonium ambenonium chloride amber-greece amber-greese amber alert amber alerts

amber codon amber fish amber fluid amber fluids amber gambler amber gamblers amber greace amber greece amber light amber lights

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