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How to pronounce “amber”

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Pronunciation guide for amber

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of amber with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Amber Interiors Designto have Amber Lewis of Amber Interior Designs here with us.
Definition summary: (obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. [14th–18th c.]

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Amber Interiors Design

to have Amber Lewis of Amber Interior Designs here with us.

[Noun]
(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. [14th–18th c.]
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]
A yellow-orange colour.
(British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
(biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
(uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
[Adjective]
Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
[Verb]
(transitive, rare) To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
(transitive, rare) To preserve in amber.
(transitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
(intransitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To take on the yellow colour of amber.