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Definitions for Amber

[1] a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
[2] the yellowish-brown color of resin.
[3] of the color of amber; yellowish-brown: amber fields of grain.
[4] made of amber: amber earrings.
[5] a female given name.
[6] a yellow or yellowish-brown hard translucent fossil resin derived from extinct coniferous trees that occurs in Tertiary deposits and often contains trapped insects. It is used for jewellery, ornaments, etc (as modifier ) an amber necklace Related adjective: succinic
[7] fly in amber a strange relic or reminder of the past
[8] a medium to dark brownish-yellow colour, often somewhat orange, similar to that of the resin (as adjective ) an amber dress
[9] an amber traffic light used as a warning between red and green

Words related to Amber

brown, tan, golden, yellowish

Words nearby Amber

ambatch, ambato, ambedkar, ambeer, ambenonium chloride, amber, amber alert, amber fluid, amber gambler, amber islands, amberfish

Origin of Amber

1350–1400; Middle English ambre < Old French < Medieval Latin ambra < Arabic ʿanbar ambergris; confusion of the dissimilar substances perhaps because both were rare, valuable, and found on seacoasts

Other words from Amber

am·ber·like , am·ber·y , am·ber·ous , adjective

Word origin for Amber

C14: from Medieval Latin ambar, from Arabic `anbar ambergris

Synonyms for Amber

brown, tan, golden, yellowish