— 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 insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
2. the yellowish-brown color of resin.
adj.
3. of the color of amber; yellowish-brown: amber fields of grain.
4. made of amber: amber earrings.
[ 1350-1400; ME ambre ambra 'anbar ambergris; confusion of the dissimilar substances perh. because both were rare, valuable, and found on seacoasts ]