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The definition of amber is a fossil resin that is yellow, orange, red, or brown in hue, or refers to a specific color that is considered to look like this resin.
(noun)- An example of amber is the material in which a moth was preserved in the movie Jurassic Park.
- An example of something that is amber colored is honey.
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See amber in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a yellow or brownish-yellow translucent fossil resin found as along seacoasts and used in jewelry, pipestems, etc.: it is hard, easily polished, and quickly charged with static electricity when rubbed
- the color of amber
Origin: ME aumbre, amber, ambergris < OFr ambre < Ar ʼanbar, ambergris
adjective
- like or made of amber
- having the color of amber
See amber in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A hard translucent yellow, orange, or brownish-yellow fossil resin, used for making jewelry and other ornamental objects.
- A brownish yellow.
- Having the color of amber; brownish-yellow.
- Made of or resembling amber: an amber necklace.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English ambre
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin ambra, ambar
Origin: , from Arabic ‘anbar, ambergris, amber
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