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Plural
ambers
Ambers is the plural form of 'amber', referring to pieces or specimens of fossilized tree resin—often golden-yellow and translucent—used in jewelry, science, and art; it can also refer to multiple instances of the warm yellow-orange color resembling that resin. For example, collectors might display rare ambers in a museum case, each glowing softly under museum lighting.
The museum's geology exhibit featured dozens of polished ambers, some containing perfectly preserved prehistoric insects.
She wore a delicate necklace strung with small, luminous ambers that caught the sunlight.
Fossil hunters in the Baltic region often discover new ambers buried in glacial sediments.
His painting used layers of translucent ambers and burnt umbers to create a sunset effect.
The auction included three rare Burmese ambers, each valued at over $50,000.
amber
Comes from the Arabic word 'ʿanbar' (via Old French 'ambre' and Medieval Latin 'ambar'), originally referring to ambergris — a waxy substance from sperm whales — but later conflated with fossilized tree resin due to similar appearance and use in perfumery and jewelry. The modern English word 'amber' denotes both the golden-yellow fossilized resin and its characteristic warm, translucent color. Examples include ambergris, amber-colored, amber light, amber alert.