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Amber

/ˈam.bə/

Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

📖 Definitions of "Amber"

noun
  1. 1

    Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

  2. 2

    A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

  3. 3

    A yellow-orange colour.

  4. 4

    The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

verb
  1. 1

    To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

    "ambered wine, an ambered room"

  2. 2

    To preserve in amber.

    "an ambered fly"

  3. 3

    To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

  4. 4

    To take on the yellow colour of amber.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

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