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Definition of amber

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Amber (n.) 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..

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Chamber :: Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns..

Amber Tree :: Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor..

Lithophyse :: Lithophyse (n.) A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name..

Cubicular :: Cubicular (a.) Belonging to a chamber or bedroom.

Orthoceras :: Orthoceras (n.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa..

Amber Room :: Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans..

Chamberlain :: Chamberlain (n.) An upper servant of an inn.

Unicameral :: Unicameral (a.) Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly..

Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus..

Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

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

Concameration :: Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell.

Amber :: Amber (n.) Ambergris.

Clothing :: Clothing (n.) A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat..

Sleet :: Sleet (n.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..

Chamber :: Chamber (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber..

Base-burner :: Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed..

Amber Fish :: Amber fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis..

Camber :: Camber (v. i.) To curve upward.