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amber

Definition

  • noun: a hard orange-yellow substance that can be polished and used for jewelry and other decorations
  • noun: a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin that takes a fine polish and is used chiefly in making ornamental objects (as beads)

Examples

  • “…'amber' waves of grain…” <aq>Katharine Lee Bates, “America the Beautiful” (1911)</aq>

  • the 'amber' light of the late afternoon sun

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and those are highly reactive. The proteins and the cell membranes get all mixed up... and act as a natural preservative. DNA can survive for millennia that way. Even if the amber mines dry up, they'll still have bones-- Shut up. What do you think's gonna happen from you just staring at them? (..)
    2015 Jurassic World