adjective.
Consisting of amber; made of amber.
adjective.
Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
transitive verb.
To scent or flavor with ambergris.
transitive verb.
To preserve in amber.
noun.
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.
noun.
Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow.
noun.
Ambergris.
noun.
The balsam, liquidambar.
noun.
and old and popular name for jet.