Meaning of ਅੰਬਰ in English
- 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.
- Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
- Ambergris.
- The balsam, liquidambar.
- Consisting of amber; made of amber.
- Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
- To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
- To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
- That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
- To expand.
- Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).
- A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.
- An umbrere.
- See Grayling, 1.
- An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.
- Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.
- To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face.
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