Amber
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
noun
(2) A deep yellow color
"An amber light illuminated the room"
"He admired the gold of her hair"
(3) A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From the beautiful orange fossil resin amber; from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from the Arabic عنبر (‘anbar, meaning amber).
Proper noun
- , popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
- 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
- The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!
- 1944 Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber, Chicago Review Press, 2000, ISBN 1556524048, page 14
- And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "
- 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
- of uncertain origin.
- 1901 Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2007, ISBN 1426481713, page 14
- Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.
- 1901 Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2007, ISBN 1426481713, page 14
Proper noun
- A ruined city in Rajasthan, India.