meaning of amber
1. A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc. , and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.
2. Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
3. Ambergris.
4. The balsam, liquidambar.
5. Consisting of amber; made of amber.
6. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
7. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
8. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
9. A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis. )
10. A room formerly in the Czars Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.
11. Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed.
12. A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
Related Words
amber | ambered | ambergrease | ambergris |
