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amber

Best crossword clue

"Yellow-orange fossil resin"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈæm.bəː/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted abemrStarts with AEnds with R2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of a medium to dark brownish yellow color

Word origin

From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”).

Used in a sentence

  • Ambre is hote and drye […] Some say that it is the sparme of a whale.
  • Slaves […] with silver Censors […] perfum'd the air with Amber, Aloes wood, and other Scents.
  • With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery, With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Yellow-orange fossil resin5 letters
02Yellow-brown resin5 letters

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