From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Colours, Biology, Industryamberam‧ber /ˈæmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]1👁 Image of amber CCa yellowishbrowncolour2HBTIa hard yellowish brown substance used to make jewellery
an amber necklace —amber adjectiveExamples from the Corpusamber• There was no light on in the room directly above, but amberglowed from the darkroomdoorway.• Pollard would sit there savoring their gradations: honeyamber, copper amber, apricot amber, root-beer amber.• It stayed on her, pinning her down mercilessly, like a flytrapped in amber.• Her face was pale and tragic in the lamplight; her bright eyes shone like amber held up to the light.• Britain may also have been the trade-source of the small amount of amber found in Crete.• Jarvis even sees a market for eyeshields tintedgrey, for sunny-day play, or amber, for streethockey at dusk.• I study the amber until the waves of indecision and conflict about leaving Joe and the house recede.• The amber was at one time polished to make a pendant with the fly as centre piece.Originamber(1300-1400)Old FrenchMedieval Latinambra, from Arabicanbar“substance obtained from the body organs of whales”
