Word Direct Answers

What does "amber" mean?

Amber: Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Ambergris. [Obs.] You that smell of amber at my charge. Beau. & Fl.
  2. 3.The balsam, liquidambar. Black amber, and old and popular name for jet.
  3. 4.Consisting of amber; made of amber. "Amber bracelets." Shak.
  4. 5.Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. "The amber morn." Tennyson.
  5. 6.To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
  6. 7.To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

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