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am·ber (am′bər)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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