noun

1. Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

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

3. A yellow-orange colour.

Synonyms: yellow, ambergris

verb

1. To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

   “ambered wine, an ambered room”

2. To preserve in amber.

   “an ambered fly”

3. To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

adjective

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