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amber
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/ˈæm.bəː/
noun
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- 01
noun
A hard yellow-brown substance, or a yellow-orange color.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow un...
Examples
She had a deep gaze and beautiful amber brown colored eyes.
Transcending time, the insects of ages gone past dance livelily in amber.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 2
Also pronounced
- [ˈæm.bəː] ~ [ˈæm.bɐ̝ː]
- [ˈeə̯m.bɚ] ~ [ˈeə̯m.bɹ̩]
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAmbergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.
More examples
In contextSlaves […] with silver Censors […] perfum'd the air with Amber, Aloes wood, and other Scents.
As for Amber Grice, or Amber Cane, which ist most sweet myngled with other sweete thynges: some say it commeth from the rocks of the Sea. […] Some say it is gotten by a fish called Azelum, which feedeth upon Amber Grece, and dyeth, which is taken by cunnyng f...
The head of this fish is as hard as stone. The inhabitants of the Ocean sea coast affirme that this fish casteth foorth Amber; but whether the said Amber be the sperma or the excrement thereof, they cannot well determine.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /ambar/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”). * The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber".