fossilized pine tree resin; yellowish brown color
having the amber color; consisting of amber; that resembs amber
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Amber Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
(v. t.)
To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
(n.)
The balsam, liquidambar.
The balsam, liquidambar.
(n.)
Ambergris.
Ambergris.
(n.)
Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
(n.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
(a.)
Consisting of amber; made of amber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutConsisting of amber; made of amber.
amber
\am"ber\, n. [oe. aumbre, f. ambre, sp. ?mbar, and with the ar. article, al?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 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. [obs.] you that smell of amber at my charge. & fl.
4. the balsam, liquidambar.
similar words(6)
salt of amber
amber room
amber fish
amber tree
amber seed
black amber
Meaning
Lager.
Origin
Australian slang. The unique Oz approach to life has lead to enough names for beer and its containers and effects, to deserve a dictionary of their own. Just a few of the many others are:
Coldies
The golden throat charmer
Tubes
Tinnies
Slab
Off your face
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Origin
Australian slang. The unique Oz approach to life has lead to enough names for beer and its containers and effects, to deserve a dictionary of their own. Just a few of the many others are:
Coldies
The golden throat charmer
Tubes
Tinnies
Slab
Off your face
Gwefr = n. the drug amber
Gwefraidd = the nature of amber
Gwefru = v. to do with amber
Gwifrol = a. of amber quality
Noun
1. a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"
(synonym) gold
(hypernym) yellow, yellowness
2. a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
(hypernym) natural resin
Adjective
1. a medium to dark brownish yellow color
(synonym) brownish-yellow, yellow-brown
(similar) chromatic
Amber Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Amber Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fossilized gum (tree sap). It is a hard, sometimes clear, yellowish-brown material, often containing fossilized insects.
Amber Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
AMBER (an acronym for Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement) is a family of force fields for molecular dynamics of biomolecules originally developed by the late Peter Kollman's group at the University of California, San Francisco. AMBER is also the name for the molecular dynamics software package that simulates these force fields. It is maintained by an active collaboration between David Case at Rutgers University, Tom Cheatham at the University of Utah, Tom Darden at NIEHS, Ken Merz at Florida, Carlos Simmerling at Stony Brook University, Ray Luo at UC Irvine, and Junmei Wang at Encysive Pharmaceuticals.
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Amber is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ambrite is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams.
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Amber Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
(Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum), a metal compounded of silver and gold. Some translate the word by "polished brass," others "fine brass," as in Rev. 1:15; 2:18. It was probably the mixture now called electrum. The word has no connection, however, with what is now called amber, which is a gummy substance, reckoned as belonging to the mineral kingdom though of vegetable origin, a fossil resin.
(Heb. chasmal) occurs only in (Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2) It is usually supposed that the Hebrew word chasmal (denotes a metal) and not the fossil resin called amber .
Amber Pale yellow, brown, or reddish fossilized resin, capable of a negative electric charge by friction. In Greek mythology amber was formed from the tears of Meleager's sisters, or alternately of Phaeton's sisters dropped into the Eridan after he was killed trying to drive the chariot of the sun. While the Eridan is usually identified with the Po River in Italy, Blavatsky holds that it was a northern sea (SD 2:770n). In Scandinavian myths it was attributed to the tears of Freya. In China amber was said to be the soul of the tiger transformed into a mineral after its death. It has been used widely for medicinal, religious, and decorative purposes .
