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am·ber (ambər)

noun

  1. 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
  2. the color of amber

Etymology: ME aumbre, amber, ambergris < OFr ambre < Ar ʼanbar, ambergris

adjective

  1. like or made of amber
  2. having the color of amber

amber Synonyms

amber

modif.

amber-colored, yellowish, golden; see brown, tan, yellow 1.

amber Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • flash: However, they are always, from every direction, flashing amber!
  • have: Whiskey connoisseurs describe Scapa as having an amber, gold color, with a perfume of vanilla and honey.
  • turn: And they sit at the lights untill they turn amber, then pull forward one car length, before turning on red.
  • include: They were then finished in a variety of colored glazes including amber, bottle green, white, gray and cobalt blue.
  • produce: Pale and dark beer The most common color is a pale amber produced from using pale malts.
  • find: Figure 5. The 23 gaming pieces made of amber found during the 2005 excavations at Skamby.

Adjective modifier

  • Baltic: Specifically degradation mechanisms and inhibition of degradation in archeological Baltic amber 2b.
  • pale: Pale and dark beer The most common color is a pale amber produced from using pale malts.
  • golden: Bright strong colors, such as a deep red garnet or a golden amber or topaz, will be very stimulating and dynamic.
  • dark: I noticed both the index and middle fingers of his hand were tobacco stained to dark amber.
  • deep: Tasting Notes: Deep amber with a rich, honeyed nose.
  • medium: Eye Color - One of blue, one of light to medium amber.

Modifies a noun

  • nectar: Here we describe the growth of Anglo amber nectar.
  • bead: This is a very cool retro necklace in lovely chunky amber colored glass beads, dating circa 1980.
  • hue: His locks, which in loose ringlets, charm the view, Float careless, lucid from their amber hue.
  • necklace: A fantastic antique amber necklace, dating to circa 1890.
  • reflector: The trailer also requires at least two amber reflectors down each side.
  • glow: His narrow domed head shone in the amber glow of the street lights.

Modifying Another Word

  • often: If the LED is often amber or red, you should consider upgrading your hardware.

Preposition: in

  • color: The eyes should be almond shaped and amber in color.
amber Quotes

Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the Devil they got there.

—Pope, Alexander

Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.

—Pope, Alexander

WhenTime shall turn those amber locks to grey, My verse again shall gild and make them gay.

—Drayton, Michael

He was an unzipped fly caught in forever amber.

—Condon, Richard

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