Amber vs. Ember

Ambernoun

(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Ambernoun

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

Ambernoun

A yellow-orange colour.

Ambernoun

(British) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

Ambernoun

The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.

Amberadjective

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

Amberverb

To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

Amberverb

To preserve in amber.

Amberverb

To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

Amberverb

To take on the yellow colour of amber.

Ambernoun

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.

Ambernoun

Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

Ambernoun

Ambergris.

Ambernoun

The balsam, liquidambar.

Amberadjective

Consisting of amber; made of amber.

Amberadjective

Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

Amberverb

To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

Amberverb

To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

Ambernoun

a deep yellow color;

Ambernoun

a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

Amberadjective

a medium to dark brownish yellow color

Ambernoun

hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity.

Ambernoun

a honey-yellow colour typical of amber

Ambernoun

a yellow light used as a cautionary signal between green for ‘go’ and red for ‘stop’

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

Embernoun

A glowing piece of coal or wood.

Embernoun

Smoldering ash.

Emberadjective

Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

Embernoun

A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; - used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.

Emberadjective

Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

Embernoun

a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire

Embernoun

a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire

Ember

An ember is a glowing, hot coal made of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material that remain after, or sometimes precede, a fire. Embers can glow very hot, sometimes as hot as the fire which created them.