Definition of amber Amber
/æˈmbɚ/ - [atmber] - am•ber
We found 25 definitions of amber from 9 different sources.
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What does amber mean?
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NounPlural: ambers |
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| amber - a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" | ||
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| yellow, yellowness yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons | ||
| amber - a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry | ||
Adjectiveamber, amberer, amberest |
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| amber - of a medium to dark brownish yellow color | ||
| brownish-yellow, yellow-brown | ||
| chromatic being or having or characterized by hue | ||
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Wiktionary 
- amber (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. - amber (Noun)
A brownish yellow colour. - amber (Noun)
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. - amber (Noun)
The stop codon nucleotide triplet " UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence. - amber (Verb)
To perfume or flavour with ambergris. - amber (Verb)
To preserve in amber. - amber (Adjective)
Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- amber (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. - amber (n.)
Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky. - amber (n.)
Ambergris. - amber (n.)
The balsam, liquidambar. - amber (a.)
Consisting of amber; made of amber. - amber (a.)
Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. - amber (v. t.)
To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine. - amber (v. t.)
To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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amber
A hard yellow or brownish substance, formed from resin, used in making jewellery etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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amber
am′bėr, n. a yellowish fossil resin, used in making ornaments.—adjs. Am′bered (obs.), flavoured with amber or ambergris; Amb′ery. [Fr.—Ar. ‛anbar, ambergris.]
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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Amber is a fossil resin, supposed to be a product of the extinct Pinites Succinifer and other coniferous trees. Most of it is gathered on the shores of the Baltic between Koenigsberg and Memel. It is also found in small pieces at Gay Head, Mass., and in New Jersey green sand. It is found among the prehistoric remains of the Swiss Lake dwellers. When rubbed with a cloth it becomes excited with negative electricity. The Greek word for it is electron, which gave the name electricity to the modern science. Thales of Miletus, 600 B. C., and Theophrastus, about small objects when rubbed.Ammeter. The commercial name for an ampere-meter, an instrument designed to show by direct reading the number of amperes of current which are passing through a circuit.A great variety of ammeters have been invented, based on different principles. The definitions following this one give some idea of the lines of construction followed.Synonym--Ampere meter.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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amber
A hard resinous substance of vegetable origin, generally of a bright yellow colour, and translucent. It is chiefly obtained from the southern shores of the Baltic, and those of Sicily, where it is thrown up by the sea, but it also occurs in beds of lignite.
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Amber, also called Allingite or Burmite (if from Burma/Myanmar), is the common name for fossil resin that is appreciated for its inherent and interesting mixture of colours and it is widely used for the manufacture of ornamental objects.
Although not mineralized, it is sometimes considered and used as a gemstone. Neopagans often use the stone for healing. This stone was called Freya's tears by the ancient Norse. Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30–90 million years old. Semi-fossilized resin or sub-fossil amber is called copal.
Amber consists of several resinous bodies more or less soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform, associated with an insoluble bituminous substance.
Amber in geology.
Baltic amber (historically documented as Prussian amber) is found as irregular nodules in a marine sand, known as "blue earth," in the Lower Oligocene strata of Sambia in Kaliningrad Oblast, where it is now systematically mined.
Amber inclusions.
The resin can contain, in addition to the beautifully preserved plant-structures, remains of insects, spiders, annelids, frogs, crustaceans and other small organisms which became enveloped while the it was fluid. In most cases the organic structure has disappeared, leaving only a cavity, with perhaps a trace of chitin.
Locations and utilization.
Although amber is found along the shores of a large part of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, the great amber-producing country is the promontory of Sambia, now part of Russia. About 90% of the -
color
Amber is a yellowish-orange color that got its name from the material known as amber.
Amber is used in traffic lights and turn signals.
Meaning of amber.
Amber is a symbolic color symbolizing energy.
The color amber is associated with Zoroastrianism because of its practice of fire worship in fire temples (actually, the holy fire is simply a representation of the spiritual energy of God [Ahura Mazda]).
The original Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg was a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. Due to its singular beauty, it was sometimes dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World".
Amber is a color worn by Hull City AFC, an English soccer team.
Part of speech
🔤- amber, noun, singular of ambers.
- amber, adjective.
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