yellow amber

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• Amber (disambiguation) — Amber is a petrified resin material often used as a gemstone. Amber may also refer to: *Amber (given name) for a female in English *A common Indian given name meaning The Sky in Hindi *Amber (color), the color of some samples of the material… …   Wikipedia

• amber — (n.) mid 14c., ambergris, perfume made from ambergris, from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar ambergris, from Arabic anbar ambergris. In Europe, the sense was extended, inexplicably, to fossil resins from the Baltic (late 13c. in Anglo Latin; c.1400… …   Etymology dictionary

• Amber (color) — Pendants of amber are amber colored. Amber is an orange yellow color that got its name from the material known as amber. Due to this, amber can refer not to one but to a series of shades of orange, since the natural material varies from nearly… …   Wikipedia

• Amber — is fossil tree resin, which is appreciated for its color and beauty. Good quality amber is used for the manufacture of ornamental objects and jewellery. Although not mineralized, it is often classified as a gemstone. A common misconception is… …   Wikipedia

• Amber Reeves — (1 July 1887 26 December 1981) was a British feminist writer and scholar, daughter of New Zealand politician and social reformer William Pember Reeves and Fabian feminist Maud Pember Reeves. Early life Amber Reeves attended Kingston High School… …   Wikipedia

• amber — [am′bər] n. [ME aumbre, amber, ambergris < OFr ambre < Ar ʼ anbar, ambergris] 1. a yellow or brownish yellow translucent fossil resin found as along seacoasts and used in jewelry, pipestems, etc.: it is hard, easily polished, and quickly… …   English World dictionary

• Amber — Am ber ([a^]m b[ e]r), n. [OE. aumbre, F. ambre, Sp. [ a]mbar, and with the Ar. article, al[ a]mbar, fr. Ar. anbar ambergris.] 1. (Min.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• yellow — [adj1] cowardly chicken*, craven, deceitful, gutless, lily livered*, low, offensive, pusillanimous, sneaking, treacherous, tricky, unethical, unprincipled; concepts 267,401 Ant. bold, brave, confident yellow [n/adj2] sunny color amber, bisque,… …   New thesaurus

• amber — ► NOUN 1) hard translucent fossilized resin, typically yellowish in colour, used in jewellery. 2) a honey yellow colour. ORIGIN Old French ambre, from an Arabic word originally meaning ambergris …   English terms dictionary

• amber — amberlike, ambery, amberous, adj. /am beuhr/, n. 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… …   Universalium

• Amber — /am beuhr/, n. a female given name. * * * Fossil tree resin that occurs as irregular nodules, rods, or droplike shapes in all shades of yellow with nuances of orange, brown, and, rarely, red. Milky white opaque varieties are called bone amber.… …   Universalium