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The correct spelling is amber.
How to pronounce amber
/ˈam.bə/
nounIPA: /ˈam.bə/
Say it like: Amb-er
The correct spelling is amber. Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. For example: "an amber codon, an amber mutation, an amber suppressor"
Usage Examples
“an amber codon, an amber mutation, an amber suppressor”
“ambered wine, an ambered room”
“an ambered fly”
Meanings
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.
- 4.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.
- 5.The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
verb
- 1.To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
- 2.To preserve in amber.
- 3.To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
- 4.To take on the yellow colour of amber.
adjective
- 1.Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
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