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ómra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amber noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.

Senses

ómra is used for these senses in English:

  • amber A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

amber — full definition

  1. noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
  2. noun A yellowish-orange colour, like that of the resin.
  3. noun The middle light of a traffic signal, signalling drivers to stop if it is safe to do so.
  4. adj Of a brownish-yellow colour.
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